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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> PIE *penkWe > PG *finfi > five
> PIE *penkWros > PG *fingraz > finger
> PIE *pNkWsti > PG *funxsti > fist
>
> This odd shift kW>p>f in Germanic looks like more a kind of

assimilation or dissimilation than a regular or dialectal shift.

I agree that is not 'a rule' but is not due
to 'assimilation/dissimilation' reasons...

> The p- in 4 could be explained as a influence of p- of 5...

Why not vice-versa? :) Sorry but this couldn't be an argument...


Marius