Re: RE : [tied] Re: Ariovistus was not an "Aryan"

On 2007-05-31 00:52, stlatos wrote:

> You gave an example a week ago. I'm not just talking about
> Germanic, obviously Latin underwent the changes in the same order. I
> said more in response to Torsten's request.

Touché. But the example, if accepted (and it's much less solid than the
evidence for *-ss-/*-s-), suggests at most that the development to *-st-
was possible after *-r- (or more generally next to *-r-?), perhaps
*[-rts-t-] > *-rst- instead of the usual "Western" treatment of
*[-ts-t-] > *-ts(t)s- *> *-ss-. The 'wrist' example is unconvincing, as
the underlying root is more likely *wreik^-.

Piotr