Re: [tied] Species Identity of PIE Squirrel (WAS Re: Live squirrel)

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > In Germanic *w > *gW between i-r (as *daxiwr+ >
> ta:cor in OE);
> there
> > was dissim. losing initial *w. So *wìwernó+s /
> *wìwr.no+ > *ìwr.no+
> >
> > *ìgWr.no+ > *ikWurna+ etc.
>
> What is this dissim. rule that gets rid of the
> initial w-? Are there
> other examples. Witczak makes *w- > Ø part of his
> substrate language.

It's just unique to this word; w-w > 0-w.


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