From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 48481
Date: 2007-05-09
>while
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> > Brian M. Scott wrote:
> > >
> > >> No. I did not meant the gothic "ahwa" (BTW why are you
> > >> using the laringial notation here for *akWa?; my
> > >> Dictionary is not sure and means there can be *akWa or
> > >> *ak^wa:)
>
> I wrote *h2akWa: for the water word because:
>
> 1) Alex suggested that it did not meet the CVC root pattern, so I
> supplied the initial laryngeal to make the point that it is not
> inconsistent with the pattern.
>
> 2) kW as opposed to k^w is supported by three facts:
> a) kW is commoner than k^w
> b) Sanskrit _ka:m_ 'water' may be connected
> c) I think the root is cognate with *h2ap 'water'.
>
> For 2(c) we might be seeing sporadic **pW > p outside Germanic
> Germanic would have **pW > *kW; alternatively, *h2ap reflects'*h2ap reflects
> sporadic *kW > *p.
>
> > > ?? 'kW' is Cybalist notation for 'k^w'.
> >
> > and I ever thought "kW" is the notation for labiovelar:-)
>
> You are correct, Alex. kW represents the 'labiovelar' in PIE, and
> generally a labialised velar.
>
> Richard.
>