[tied] Re: kentum/satem: why Lithuanian kg before e/i

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@> wrote:
> >
> > On 2006-08-08 19:08, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > It's interesting to note that Greek, like Albanian, palatalised its
> > labiovelars but not plain velars.
> >
> > Piotr
> ************
> Would you be so kind to give some examples.
>
> Konushevci
>

I suppose that he made reference to:

*kW/+ > c^ (preserved in Romanian) > c > Alb s
*gW/+ > g^ (preserved in Old Romanian > Rom j) > c > Alb z


on the other hand :

*k/+ > q (Romanian c^)
*g/+ > gj (Old Romanian g^ > Rom j)

Marius