Re: [tied] Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-09-17 21:27, raonath wrote:
>
> > Also, what is the current view on -k'u- > Greek -pp-? According to
> > Sihler, the horse word is the only secure example. Any phonological
> > reasons for this difference?
>
> Preservation of the original segment count/syllable structure? I

know no

> independent examples of -kk-/-pp- in Greek, but -kk- for *-k(^)w-

can be

> supported with lákkos 'pond' < *lakw-o- and pélekkos 'axe-shaft',
> pelekkáo: 'cut with an axe', both reflecting *pelek(^)w-, cf. pélekus
> 'axe' < pre-Gk. *pelek^u- (Skt. paras'u-).

The intermediate form must have been -kWkW- which could be changed
by analogy to -kYkY- if obviously related to a word with -kYu-.

This only works with kYw not kw; *LakYu+s has e>a by L.

*LakYko+s 'little pond dweller, fish'

*LakYkos
*LakYxos
*LakYs.os