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Re: The Combos [hj] [hw] and [gw] in Conlangs

From:Danny Wier <dawier@...>
Date:Friday, November 3, 2000, 13:39
> Very interesting. So Proto-PN *f > Maori /wh/ > Maori /f/. Sound
changes
> are supposed to be irreversible!!
Unless you're dealing with High German, at least in the case of Vater "father". From PIE, the middle consonant migrated from t > þ > ð > d > t. DaW.