Re: [tied] Latin is a q-Dialect having p- from kW , PIE is simil

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 48557
Date: 2007-05-13

On 2007-05-13 18:45, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> But on the other hand, after all these examples : how somebody can say
> that akW-a: and ap-a: are 2 different roots?

I can say just that, especially because *h2ap- occurs in branches that
have no examples of *kW or *k(^)w > p (Indo-Iranian, Anatolian).
Unambiguous reflexes of the <aqua> word are known only from Latin and
Germanic, so its PIE status is far from assured.

Piotr