From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 70948
Date: 2013-02-16
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" wrote:
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> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "dgkilday57" wrote:
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They were associated with the Silva Hercy:nia, and if Proto-Celtic borrowed Volcan *Perku:nia: as *Ferku:nia:, that would explain the lack of *p...kW assimilation.
> > > I do not find Sean's ad-hoc claim that Celtic did not assimilate *perkWu- to *kWerkWu- convincing,
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> > It's not ad hoc. kW > k by u first, which is seen in Greek, too. Compare fairhwus = world, fairguni = mtn Got; showing that at least sometimes KW>K by u
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> There's also kW ( > xW ) > 0:
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> Hercynia silva (trans L) Celt; perynja = oak forest R;
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> Perkú:nas OLh; perkú:nas Lh;
> PerunU OR; perún R;
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> and kW > p in the Slavic rain ritual of Perperuna (or Dodola \ Dudulja \ etc.), probably named after Perun's wife (if so cogn. Fjörgyn OIc;). Did Slavic borrow the name of their god from an IE in which kW > xW and his wife's from an IE in which kW > p ? Where did Parjánya- S; come from? Is it worth all this, as well as saying Gmc had p-p from Celtic in 1 word but Celtic got h-q from something else in 1 w the same shape so p-p can no longer be seen there, instead of looking at all ev. in all words for kW, seeing its opt. changes, and the possibility of clusters creating (opt.) oddities?
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Also, in:
keraunós = striking lightning G;
even if borrowed, it would be from IE in which p>kW-kW and rkW > rxW at least, even if all were reg.