Re: IE *p and *b

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 50791
Date: 2007-12-09

On 2007-12-09 14:03, meska_jd wrote:

> ph- is a result of *sw- lenition in Irish (*swesor > fiúr), not of
> *sp-. Sp- was never lenited in Irish neither now nor in Old Irish.

Well, how then do you explain the word in question?

Piotr