Re: [Courrier indésirable] Re[3]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

Maybe because it's "broad (non-palatal)" in Gaelic


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> > 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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>
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