> What is the standard explanation of Irish daw ?
I presume that you mean OIr <dáu, dó> '2' (masculine).
Matasovic gives OW <dou> and OBret. <dou, dau> and
reconstructs PCelt. *dwa:w < PIE *d(u)weh3.
Brian
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Irish [da:w] written dáu.
I don't understand
how *da:w can derive from *dwa:w
and even less
how *dwa:w can derive from any
of *dweH3 (*dwo:) or duweH3 (*duwo:)
Could you be more explicit ?
Thnx
Arnaud
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