Re: Gemination in Celtic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:

>
> My proposal is : For Celtic and Osco-Umbrian :
>
> -?-k > -kk-
> -?-t > -tt-
> -?-p > -pp-
>

Sorry for being slow, but you may have to explain the whole thing
again.
The rule works both on *-h2.1-k- and *-h2.1-g-, giving Celtic and
Osco-Umbrian -kk- (and the same for combinations with d, t and b, p)?

> It does not work with all H2
> only when H2 is H2.1 = *?

How do you distinguish between h2.1 and h2.2? (or other h2's,
depending on how many you have)

>
> Eastern PIE has voiced consonants -g- -d- -b-
> when Celtic has geminates.
>
> Arnaud
>

And Latin has simple voiceless? With or without vocalic length?

> These examples are off topic
> as LAtin has -g- and -d-
> They are neither examples nor counter-examples.
>
> Arnaud

Then why use Ir. capall ~ Lat. caballus?

Anders