Re: Greek labiovelars (Celtic)

>
> I'm not sure of the exact rules but Irish e varies
> with P-Celtic a in many words; I still believe
> *gWeneti with e>o here.
>
> "tooth" de:t OIr; dant W; dans Co; dant Br
> "hundred" ce:t OIr; cant W; cans Co; kant Br
> "step" ceimm OIr; cam W; cam Co; kam Br
> "tongue" tenge OIr; tafod W; tavot Co; teod Br
> "being first" > "perceptive" ce:tbaid "sense" OIr;
> canfod "perceive" W

> for "tongue" Ngw > Nw > M > v in W/Co
>
> I think this is enough evidence to at least show
> athematic *gWHn, would become PG *gWen and PB *gWan.
>

But with <de:t>/<dant>, <ce:t>/<cant>, "hundred" or <ce:t>/<can(t),
"with", the vowel quality in Irish could be associated with the loss
of the nasal; the starting point may have been the same in British
and Irish. The etymology of <tafod> is far from clear. This really
leaves <ce:imm>/<camm> as the only good example among those you list.

Jim Rader