Re: [tied] Re: Saussure laryngeal loss

On 2007-08-26 11:13, stlatos wrote:

> No, I believe I will restate ONE rule I still have complete
> confidence in:
>
> all these examples have P/KW as the first C
>
> P/KW e C (usually +son or +cont) > P/KW o C

This doesn't explain cases like *loikW-no- or the selective bias exerted
by the root consonants (preference for *-mo- only after roots that
contain no labial or labialised segments).

Piotr