--- Sean Whalen <
stlatos@...> wrote:
> Final *-s just goes through changes due
> to retroflex (after K/r/u/s):
> us
> us.
> uz.
> ur.
> ur
> r
> The same sort of thing happens in Celtic, but
> there
> analogy mostly eliminates *-ur/ir.
Some of the evidence for s>s.>z.>r.>r in some
environments in Celtic:
*leukYús > *leukWúz. > louber
*gWòvus > *bó:uz. > buar
*triis > *traiz. > teir
*ghdó:m > *du:(z.) > *domuz. > *dowar
*ghdóm+ > *dom+
Seen in:
Old Welsh louber 'light'
Irish buar 'cattle'
Breton teir gwech 'three times'
Breton douar, Welsh daear 'earth'
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