Re: Strange words out of place

> I have already written a couple of times that :
> Alef + C (unvoiced stop) =

Why 'alef'?

> - CC- in Celtic and Osco-Umbrian
> - long vowel + C in Latin
> - G voiced stop in Central and Eastern PIE.
>
> A good example is : *bh_l-H2-k
>
> LAtin ful-c-rum
> Greek phalan-g-s
> Germanic bal-c-on
> Skrt bhur-zh-
> etc
>

PIE *bhel-g^/k^-

> (s-)leu-?-k "swallow"
>
> Irish slu-g-im < -kk-
> German schlu-ck- < slu-g-
> etc

PIE *(s)leu-g/k-, OI slucim

Both with supposed alternating occlusives in auslaut in PIE. Seems you
rediscovered Schrijvers language of geminates.


Torsten