--- Piotr Gasiorowski <
gpiotr@...> wrote:
> On 2007-05-27 01:06, stlatos wrote:
>
> > The examples you gave for KW>P ignore all cases
> that don't occur by w/P.
>
> Would you care to provide a list of counterexamples?
--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<gpiotr@...> wrote:
> but seems to be weakly conditioned in Germanic (by
another labial in the
> same word: *feDwo:r, *wulfaz, *fimf-, *twailiB-).
Why would 'twelve' be the source of kW>b (not
ainlif)? Also, *LoikWeye+ > OE læ:fan > E leave,
Goth. bilaibjan 'leave behind', etc.
*gWhono+ > bana > bane; Skt ghaná- 'killer'
*gWhonyo+ > benn 'wound'
*sk()ex()gWo+ > scéap > sheep; Skt chá:ga- 'goat'
*xukWn.o+ > oven; Goth. *uxWnaz > auhns
Possibly
*sloxWgW+ 'be burdened/tired/weak' > sleep
Possibly
*lyekWr,d or *lY- > liver; Skt yakr't
Since 'four' is most likely to get f- from 'five'
only 'wolf' (but ylgr) and 'five' (but 'finger') are
left as good examples; one has w before *kW, the other
p. That is nothing more than coincidence, in my
opinion.
*xWexW/gWla+ is attested almost everywhere, Frisian
has neighbors with late x>f; *twai+ can't be given as
the cause of *kW>b with certainty.
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