--- alexandru_mg3 <
alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
> > Is ph3 > b a PIE tranformation or it appears
> independently in
> > different languages?
I don't think h3 had any special voicing effect.
Since there were few cases of b in PIE sound changes
creating new b's are more likely. Sporadic p>b
between vowels seems likely (for example, if "drink"
peih3 > pih3 / poh3 (depending on accent) the p and h3
would never touch).
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