From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61470
Date: 2008-11-08
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From: "etherman23" <etherman23@...>
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>> Personally, I'm not surprised that a complex row of _Three_
> consonants such
>> as H + K +w is rare, root-finally.
>
> What makes you think that the labiovelars derive from a velar plus w?
>
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I believe PIE *kw can derive from :
- fundamental u in *ku reinterpreted as *kw in the ancestor of PIE,
leading to q in Chamito-Semitic.
- *k + *w (non fusing to q in CS)
- *k + *b (voiced not to be confused with PIE *b = p?)
An example is *gwor mountain which I consider is a derivative of *gab-al
"mountain"
Root *gab > PIE *gw-or
Cf. Archaic PIE form in French Cevennes < kab-anna "mountain".
Labio-velars are rare as suffixes because they entail _two_ suffixes : k +
w/b
Arnaud