Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

--- alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

> 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

Words ending in +etos have either e or 0 in the
first syllable. I say this is because the tonal
structure was mid-low-high and with a mid tone er > r,
is optional, etc. Whatever the explanation,
*pYerkWeto+ 'striking?' is a fine reconstruction.



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