Re: Verdict on Mann

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "G&P" <G.and.P@...> wrote:

>
> >If anyone can tell me
> the occurrences of velars vs. palatals in LIV
>
> A rough count, based on Bird's roots (the basic roots extracted from
> Pokorny), puts initial *k' at 88, and initial *k at 166.
>
> Medially, it's *k' 13 and *k 17.
>
> There are also about 37 roots with initial *(s)k or *sk, where the
> distinction between *k' and *k should be lost (though I note I have also
> listed 8 roots in *(s)k' - either my fault, or Bird has listed them that
> way.)
>
>
>
> I also have Mann, and find it gives access to the Armenian and Albanian
> material better than Pokorny. But the lack of an index makes it mostly
> useless.
>
>
>
> Peter
>

Thanks for the information, although it disagrees with what Piotr
summarizes about the initial occurrences in LIV. I take it that this
in part is because Pokorny assigns any dorsal of unknown character
(palatal, velar, or labiovelar) to the velars?

I have Pokorny, at least the one available from the Internet (it is
written in a very weird half-English, half-German hodgepodge language,
and runs well over 1000 pages, and is called "the_whole_dang_file"),
and it has no index. Does the original Pokorny have an index? How is
this index arranged, by actual words mentioned from attested
languages? (If it's available online or in any computer format, maybe
you could direct me to it or even download it as a file or even copy
it and send it as an attachment to my private e-mail address.)

Andrew