Re: Latin _ursus_ (was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

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

>
> > It's a pity nobody here has
> > considered my proposal that Hittite hart(ag)ga- mightn't be the
> > reflex of a "thorny cluster".
>
> But < HAR-TÁG-GA-AS > /hartkas/ *has* a thorny cluster, namely

-tk-.

>

I think the *tk^ cluster in the 'bear' is a mere *artifact* of ortodox
reconstructions, just as *pH3 in words such as 'apple', which is a
Paleo-European loanword, and hence not from "PIE" in the traditional
sense.