Re: Basque, Etruscan and Common Sound Changes (was: Finnish KASKA)

Trask's proto-Basque had no /m/.
Aquitananian had no /m/.
So, you must be talking about a pre-proto-Basque.
So, how did you reconstruct an /m/ for
pre-proto-Basque, given that proto-Basque had no /m/?


--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

. . .

> >
> > > ardi "sheep" + min "tongue" (< *bini) => art-bin
> =>
> > > arpin
> > > "plantain"
> >
> > No /m/ in Proto-Basque. Doubters, are you paying
> > attention?
>
> ***
>
> Yes, this was probably my greatest source of
> disagreement with Trask.
>
> I continue to believe that earliest Basque had [m].
>
>
>
> Patrick
>
> ***
>
>
>
> > >
> > > If you have any other questions about Basque,
> don't
> > > hesitate
> > > to ask.
> > >
> > > =======================
> > > Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> > > miguelc@...
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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