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

On 2007-05-15 15:54, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> The existence of a kind of P-Western IE? ...Hmmm, maybe, but Italic and
> Celtic shows a consistent assimilation p...kW > kW...kW. If we had an
> older *pempe, Celtic would shift to *hemhe; *petwor, to *hetwor, etc.

An excellent point. It _proves_ that the /p/ in Gallo-Brittonic is not
"dialectal PIE" but an inner Celtic innovation. In Sabellic Italic, the
treatment of *kWé- > *kWo- > *po- (different from original *pé-) also
points to a post-Proto-Italic change.

Piotr