On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:17:38 +0100 Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
<snip>
> if a b > gw change is
> > possible,
> > then it is almost impossible to tell which consonant was present in
> > PIE.
> >
>
> Yes it is, because in other language *gw had a different outcome
> which couldn't
> be explained if the origin was *b.
so it couldn't have gone b > gw and then developed from gw in these
languages?
> >
> > well, i can give the sentence in which i first noticed it:
> > "i'll be back in a few minutes."
> > [OL g_wij b&k In @ fj@u mIn3ts]
> >
> > i think it's very odd that the "b" in "be" is changed and the one
> in
> > "back" isn't.
> >
>
> Looks to me like the presence of the velar l provokes some kind of
> assimilation
> of the labial consonant into a labiovelar one. Do you have any
> example of b>gw
> in a non-velar context?
no i don't have any example in a non-velar context. i'm beginning to
think that it probably is some kind of assimilation.
> Christophe.
Robert Wilson
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Yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
Yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.