Re: Slavery and Slave trade in Antiquity II: *xolp-/*kolp-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > > Another instance where
> > > Germanic preserves a verb lost elsewhere is *singW-i/a- < *sengWH-
> > > 'sing' (cf. Gk. ompHe: < *songWH-ah2).
> >
> > This corresponds to Kartvelian *dz1ax- 'to call, to be named; name'.
> > Usually PK *x corresponds to PIE *h2 as in PK *zisx-L- 'blood' ~ IE
> > *h1esh2-r-, but after a nasal infix a "neutralization" occurs: Latin
> > sanguis 'blood'.
>
> Proto-Altaic: *sè:gù "healthy; blood"
> http://tinyurl.com/6my2hqg
>

You're requoting me: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/69242

AFAIK, Altaic turned *x (=PIE *h2) into *g, e.g. PAltaic *pHjagV 'hot; sun, day' ~ PIE *peh2w-er- 'fire'.