On 2007-05-13 22:29, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> Sorry, Piotr, but I cannot detect based on what you applied 2 different
> criteria:
>
> 1)
> wlkWos is almost in all PIE dialects
> wlpos is only in some...
> the majority has kW, the minority has p
First, *wl.kWos has byforms with *p only in dialects that otherwise show
some *kW ~ *p variation. Secondly, *wl.kWos maches *wl.pos somewhat
better than *(H)akWah2 -- or perhaps *(H)ak(^)wah2 (the reconstruction
is a bit uncertain) -- matches *h2op-/*h2ap- (a root noun in IIr. and in
the Hoffmann compound *h2ap-h3on-). Thirdly, even in Gmc. we have a
reflex of fem. *wl.kW-íh2- > *wulGi- > ON ylgr, demonstrating that the
shift of *kW > *p (or even *xW > *f) is relatively recent.
Piotr