Re: Latin sync., ik(o) (was: The oddness of Gaelic words in p-)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stlatos" <stlatos@...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Latin sync., ik(o) (was: The oddness of Gaelic

words in

> p-)

> > The diminutive *ik+ had many uses, including forming the names of
> > small tools from verb roots. It had the nom. *i:x or *a:x and
> > sometimes IE languages mixed these together or with the weak stem in
> > *ik+. This is especially evident in dim. forming insect names (-ika:
> > / -i:ka: / -i:k(s) / -a:k(s) / -ak / etc.).

> ***
> Patrick:
>
> "The diminutive *ik+ had many uses, including forming the names of
> small tools from verb roots. It had the nom. *i:x or *a:x. . ."
>
> If you do not mean to say *k > *x then do not write things like the

above

> quote.

I did say k>x. You're the one who first said x>k even though I gave
no specifications for the direction of the PIE change (I have before,
but the direction wasn't relevant to this discussion; the mixing was
in later IE).