Re: Tour (1)

--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "H.M. Hubey" <hubeyh@...> wrote:

> p>t>k and p>b>m might work.
>
> Chuvash has ku (this) instead of Common Turkic bu (this).
> p>t>k and p>b.
>
> Chuvash also has epe (I) instead of CT ben/men.
> Again p>k gives epe>eke (ego, etc). And if it was

something

> like *epen what would
> also give rise to ben/men, epe, etc.
>

How realistic is a change p>t>k?

Also, Turkish ben "I" is from earlier *men.

- Rob