rtl (was: Re: [tied] tt/st/ss)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

> But what other examples are there for IE, or Germanic specifically?

For PIE, e.g. *weik^-s and *weik^-tlo- (hence Lat. vi:lla), both
meaning 'dwelling-place, homestead'.

> I've already given a few examples that show this is not a complete
> explanation (at least). In fact the cognates I gave show rtl almost
> directly as ferculum, or kartari:- with a change sim. to Greek
> *karttlos > kártallos.

<ferculum> need not be old. The unsyncopated form <fericulum> also
exists. Compare new <vehiculum> vs. older <ve:lum>

Piotr