Re: sumer-6-1

Richard Wordingham wrote:

> --- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "H.M. Hubey" <hubeyh@...> wrote:
> > It looks like there is a possibility of ny>n and ny>y (e.g.
> > palatalization) and there is also
> > the possibility of dy>d, dy>y, etc. Then there is the almost
> > unbelievable possibility of
> > *nd-. In the beginning there was the WORD and nobody could
> pronounce it :-)
>
> I understand it's as difficult as the st- clusters seen in some
> exotic West Eurasian languages. (I jest not!)
>
> Richard.
>

Yes, I have seen them. Maddison and Ladefoged have them, and Watkins
(reflecting
Pokorny's work) also has one of these words for PIE. I keep thinking
that something
is missing from these.

--
Mark Hubey
hubeyh@...
http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey