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

tgpedersen wrote:

> Lithuanian kùmste:, kùms^te: 'fist' shows *p-kW- > *kW-kW- isn't
> limited to Italo-Celtic (but sporadic, at least, in Balto-Slavic).

The *m points to *kWm.p-st-, not to *kWn.kW-st-, so this must be a case
of *p..kW > *kW..p- metathesis rather than assimilation.

Piotr