[tied] Re: Pretonic laryngeals in roots

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:

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

> > Possibly also
> >
> > gYhel-xW+xYdó+ >
> > gYhel-xY-dxWó+ >
> > gYhel-xY-dwó+
> >
> > 'being yellow > being bright (white) > '
> >
> > khelidwó:n 'swallow', Middle Irish gelbund 'sparrow'
>
> Possibly also
>
> *leukY-xY-dó+ >
>
> lu:cidus 'bright', OE li:getu 'lightning'

Possibly also

*xalbh-xY-dó+ 'being white' >

Lat albidus 'white', PGer *albitaz > ON elptr, OHG albiz 'swan'


If this is right it seems to make *gYhel-xW+xYdó+ > khelidwó:n
more likely (both words for birds based on color words in xYdó+)