Re: Stacking up on standard works

At 8:21:33 PM on Thursday, March 7, 2013, dgkilday57 wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy
> <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

>> 2013/3/7, dgkilday57 <dgkilday57@...>:

[...]

>>> Note that Pokorny's root-shape *kWe(:)d-/*kWo(:)d- (IEW
>>> 636) is impossible.

>> *Bhr.: why?

> By Moeller's rule, PIE *kWod- would not produce Gmc.
> *xWat-, but *xat-. Cf. Gothic (etc.) _hals_ 'neck' < Gmc.
> *xalsa- against Lat. _collum_ < *kWolso-.

What's Moeller's rule? (I'm thinking of *kWóm > *xWano:N
(Goth. hvana, OE hwone) and *kWóteros > *xWaþeraz (Goth.
hvaþar, OE hwæþer).)

Brian