Re: IE *p and *b

>
> I know _that_, but what you said was there were "no native words

with

> *sp- in Irish", and then, "ph- is a result of *sw- lenition in Irish
> ..., not of *sp-". Neither statement is true if by *sp- you mean
> _etymological_ *sp- (and if not, why use asterisks?).

Yet, I am right. In Irish there is no *sp-, change to *sw- has
happened before Common Celtic has splitted into Irish and other
languages. So if we speak about Irish not about IE from which Common
Celtic has developed, then my statement is correct.

> A more detailed
> scenario would perhaps involve something like *sp- > *sP > *sB- >

*sw-

> in the prehistory of Irish.

I think you understand the chronology of Irish sound development
incorrectly and attribute Common Celtic development to Irish. There
was no *p neither in Celtiberian nor in Gaulish, when there was no
such thing as Irish yet.