Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

On 2008-02-12 18:11, fournet.arnaud wrote:

> Where is your "Western American" evidence of a laryngeal in *hna:s-
> 'nose', *gHla:dH- 'smooth' or *wa:g^- 'break'?
>
> Piotr
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>
> What about Salish :
> North-west is nearly western.
>
> Shushwap : Hwnism or sHwnis "snot"
> Colville : n&asm or sn&as "snot"
>
> Hence (sic !!)
> hna:s
> initial h is voiceless pharyngeal
> a: is from a& voiced pharyngeal
>
> Arnaud
>
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I'm not interested in an intercontinental comparison of snot but in your
evidence that *hna:s- should be interested with an internal laryngeal
_in PIE_, not in the hypothetical common ancestor of IE and Salish.

Piotr