Re: Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

At 6:50:45 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Tavi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" wrote:

[...]

>> At
>> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/4406
>> , it's claimed that -rkt- > -rt- is Common Celtic.

> But you can't use the word 'bear' as an evidence of such a
> development, as this involves *circularity* (that is, a
> self-explaining or tautological proposition)!

This is a common fallacy. In fact it is *not* circular if
it is part of a larger body mutually supporting data.