Re: Latin is a q-Dialect having p- from kW , PIE is similar

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

>
> > This seems to belong with Gk. aló:pe:ks, MPer. ro:pa:s, Skt.
> > lopa:s'á-, Arm. alue:s. The exact reconstruction is problematic, but it should be
> > separated from the 'wolf' word.
>
> IMHO these 'fox' words should be analyzed as compounds with a shared
> second member but with different first members:
>
> *wºlp- 'wolf' > Germanic *wulfa-z 'wolf', Latin vulpes, Lithuanian
> vilpis^y:s 'fox', Avestan urupis 'dog'
> *h2lVp- 'wolf' > Latin lupus 'wolf', Greek aló:pe:ks, Armenian
> alue:s, Letonian lapsa, Avestan raopis, Sanskrit lopa:s´á: 'fox'
>
> In addition to these, there's a root *wºlk- found in several IE
> languages, although not Germanic nor Latin. Possibly all these roots
> derive from a common ancestor *HulVkW- with *kW- > *p- at an early date.
>

A better formulation:
*wºlkW- > Lithuanian vi~lkas, Albanian ujk, Avestan v@..., Sanskrit vºr^ka-, Tocharian B walkwe 'wolf'
*wºlp- > Germanic *wulfa- 'wolf', Latin vulpes, Lithuanian vilpis^y:s 'fox'

*wlukW- > Greek lúkos 'wolf'
*wlup- > Hittite ulip(pa)na-, Latin lupus 'wolf', Avestan urupis 'dog'
*h2lVp- > Greek aló:pe:ks, Armenian alue:s, Letonian lapsa, Avestan raopi-, Sanskrit lopa:s´á: 'fox'