Greek R(X) & P/KW (was: Re: *-tro-/*-tlo-)

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> *tl,xmn,+ > tólma
>
> *tr,xYmo+ > tórmos
>
> *pr,xWmo+ > prómos; Lith pìrmas
>
> *wlxwo+ > ou^los 'curly'
>
> *mn'wo+ > món(w)os but *mnwó+ > man(w)ós
>
> *tr,kWno+ > tórnos
>
> *pl,xYú+s pl,xYw+ > *palús pólw+ > polús polló+
>
> R+tone X > oR/Ro before m/w
> R+tone X > oR/Ro between w
> C+tone > oC/Co between m & w
> C+tone kW > oC/Co before N
>
> In Greek o>u between a labial (or _ velar) and a
> sonorant by
> Cowgill's Law.
>
> If these were original o, why not *mun(w)os,
> *wul()os, *prumos,
> *pulus? I assume you don't think polu- has original
> o, at least.

I think that the intermediate stage involves R+syl+round as:

tr,kWnos
tr,_Wnos
trW,nos
tórnos

Part of the reason is that I already had such a rule to explain
tw>tW>tY>sY>s (by making it sim. to ty) differing in dialects. So:

mr,twós
mr,tWós
mrW,tós
mrotós
brotós

Perhaps also *xar-xW-mós *xr,xWm(e)+ > armós:

xr,xWm(e)+
xr,_Wm(e)+
xrW,m(e)+
xorm(e)+
xarm(e)+
armós

I'm not certain the second x() would need to be xW since I already
said r,x() +tone > or +tone before m; I'd need more types of examples,
most of which probably didn't exist or survive.