[tied] Greek labiovelars

--- Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> > At 1:24:09 AM on Tuesday, March 14, 2006, Sean
> > Whalen wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Also, I seem to remember gWH > gW

> > *g, *gH, and *gWH all become OIr /g/; *gW becomes
> > OIr /b/.
> > Jackson says that all of this is Common Celtic, at
> > least
> > initially.
>
> I looked at a few sources (most very old) but it
> seems like gWH remains separate from gH:

After even more checking I'm certain gWH>gW did NOT
merge with g in Proto-Celtic; the order:

gW>b
C>-aspirate

To Irish:

e>o/KW_ (varies)
gW>g
kW>k


To "P-Celtic"

w>gW/#_
gW>gw/#_
kW>kw/#s_
xW>xw/#s_
w>0/ (varies)




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