--- "Joao S. Lopes" <
josimo70@...> wrote:
> The assimilation p..kW>kW..kW would occurr in
> compounds?
If so there's no evidence. If it happened analogy
could easily restore p.
> Think in a compound like *kWetro-pods-s
> or *kWeti-pods "pointed feet"... should shift to
> *kWetro-kWods?
That would be *kWeturpod+ or *kWetrupod+. It
doesn't fit the conditions for either rule, regardless
of being a compound.
Of course, as I've said before, it was originally
*tur+/tru+ with the number *twores > *kWe+twores by
reanalysis of 'and' in the counting chant. The
compound, 'sixth', etc., only gained *kWe+ by analogy
after PIE times. Even if it fit an unknown rule,
there's no guarantee that *kWe+ became part of the
word before that rule operated.
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