On 2008-11-12 21:34, Arnaud Fournet wrote:
> H1 can cause aspiration, a good example is pHol "to fall" < pH1ol Cf.
> Chamito-Semitic paxid "to fall"
One of Pokorny's more questionable roots; but this time it's the LIV
that has a _real_ monstrosity: *peh3lh-, "mit ungewöhnlicher
Wurzelstruktur, die aber vom einzelsprachlicher Material vorausgesetzt
wird". Ungewöhnlich indeed, to the point of being somewhat unglaubwürdig.
Bomhard and Kerns quote a whole constellation of alleged Afroasiatic
cognates, but nothing remotely like "paxid".
Piotr