Re: Strange words out of place

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 54518
Date: 2008-03-02

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From: tgpedersen

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All the continental
*weib- form are 'reconstructed' as such by Udolph. The actual rivers
etc have *weip-

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So they are rivers !?
A
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> *weib can be Celtic

What Celtic root were you thinking of? With PIE -b-?

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*wegw > *web
"humid"

Cf. Gaulish vabero

A.
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