[tied] Re: IE *ko- + *w- > PAlb *kw- > Alb /f/

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

> Yes. I'm not sure if *ksomw- > *ksw- happens before
> most cases of vowel deletion (it's possible something
> similar happens in Greek) so I didn't want to try to
> specify the exact context before I know what order is
> possible or necessary.

> ks>x/_G = ksG>xG = ksw>xw etc.
>
> or velar+fricative > velar fricative before w
>
> and possibly all velar+fricative > velar fricative?

Apparently some of this has been discussed before (some for other
languages):

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:

> In any case, it must be noted that the Gaulish grapheme -QU- may have
> sometimes been employed to represent a Gaulish -C- (from PIE
*K-)+-U- (PIE
> *U), perhaps to be seen in Sequana from *Sek-u-an-a (?), or in compounds
> using PIE *Kom- when followed by a -U- - thus, we get the Gaulish
personal
> name Quigon from *Kom-Ueg- "companion" (note Welsh Cywain "convey" from
> *Kom-Ueg-n-) and possibly the tribal name Quariates from
*Kom-uari-at-es.


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Alex
> Albanian hirrë "Kasewaser" is realy from *sker with at most regular
> evolution of cluster sk- > h- (cf. Alb. i huaj < hon "foreig" and
> Greek ksenos through metathesis; Alb. hana "moon" < PIE *skand-;
> Alb. hije "shadow" (cf. Greek skia), Alb. hudra "garlic" (cf. Grrek
> ta skorda "garlics"), Alb. hell "skewer" < PIE *sko:los, Alb. i
> hollë "thin" (cf. Greek skeleton), Alb. hap < *skep- "spalten"
> (Meyer, p.146), Alb. njoh "to know" < *gnosco, etc.
> I must confirm that hajvan "animal" is oriental loanword.