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Re: k(w)->p

From:Paul Bennett <paulnkathy@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 26, 2000, 6:02
Matt Pearson (I think?) wrote:
> > > /kp/ --> /kw/, on the other hand, I find hard to picture. > > Epenthetic > > > vowel /k@p/ or simplification (/k/ or /p/), or even a click /p!/ I > > find > > > reasonable descendents of /kp/, but not /kw/. > > >
To which, On 25 Jan 00, at 21:32, Steg Belsky added:
> Maybe a transition stage where the /p/ becomes an approximant, which is > then voiced?
I agree. I was actually fiddling with putative sound-change rules from Proto-Indo-Slavic into Proto-Wene-Thagojian (and beyond), based on my current ad-hoc lexicon and stumbled across a believable kw -> p sequence (in x-sampa): k_w -> x_w -> W -> p\ -> p As to why the initial velar weakened in the first place, I leave that as an excersize for the reader, though in doing so I point generally in the direction of centum/satem for no apparent reason. --- Pb