Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-05-17 21:21, stlatos wrote:
>
> > PIE had different u- and eu-stems depending on the original

ending.

> > Most branches have analogy obscuring this but this change is

early

> > enough to avoid that.
>
> Depending on the structure of the root we have gen. sg. *-w-ós

(after

> light stems such as *medHu-) or *-éu-s (after heavy stems such as
> *pértu-, see Szemerényi). Lat. quercus represents the latter type.

Ok, regarding the forms:

Nom sg. : *pérkW-u-s
Nom sg. : *pérkW-u-m
Gem sg, : *pr.kW-éw-s

> It may have been *perkW-eto- or *perk[W]w-eto. In either case the
> Italo-Celtic assimilation of the initial *p is expected.
>
> Piotr
>

But we cannot have 'e - e' in the same time:
as you proposed in *perkW-eto > Querquetani


Marius