Re: Comparative Notes on Hurro-Urartian, Northern Caucasian and Indo

--- On Mon, 9/29/08, Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...> wrote:

> This is slightly off-topic, but would anyone know what
> explains the
> <s-> in Brythonic words for "seven"?
>
> Brythonic (P-Celtic)
> Proto-Brythonic+ oino dau tri petuar pempe hweh seht
> oht nau dek
> Welsh un dau tri pedwar pump chwech saith wyth naw
> deg
> Cardiganshire în tô târ câr cw^i sich soch
> nîch noch dê
> Breton unan daou tri pewar pemp c'hwec'h
> seizh eizh nav dek
> Vannetais unan deu tri pear pemp huéh seih eih
> naù dek
> Unified Cornish+ un deu try peswar pymp whegh seyth
> eath naw dek
> Common onan dew tri peswar pymp hwegh seyth eth
> naw deg
> Modern on deaw try pager pemp whee sith eath nawe
> deeg
> Devonian+ un deu tri peduar pemp hueh seith eith
> nau dek
>
>
> Andrew

It looks like /s/ > /h/ before non-palatals
and in Welsh, I believe /s/ > /S/ before palatals, I don't know if other Brythonic languages have the same pronunciation or not
BTW: What are the Gaulish forms?