PIE question
PIE question
Is there anywhere where /kw/ (i.e. /k/ + /w/) develops differently from /k_w/ (i.e. labialised /k/)?
Zompist's Markov generator wrote:it was labelled" orange marmalade," but that is unutterably hideous.
Re: PIE question
yes, *kwon "dog" turns palatal in the satem languages and stays /k/ in the centum languages. That's the only root I know that has /kw/, but there are probably others.
Sunàqʷa the Sea Lamprey says:
Re: PIE question
Wasn't it *ḱwon though? And I think the Satem languages tended to get rid of their labiovelars early on by merging them with their corresponding velars (correct me if I'm wrong.) It makes sense that if *kw>km, then *ḱw>ḱ.
Re: PIE question
Not an easy question. What dhokarena quotes as *ḱwon seems to be actually *ḱuwon-, and 'horse' *can* be actually an early loan (that spread among dialects when they were already slightly different). There are similar difficulties with most other examples IIRC.
Basilius
Re: PIE question
I figured bricka was using a two-series model of PIE. If not, then the question might not be answerable, since plain velars in three-series models are very rare.
Does PIE have the sequence -uv- anywhere else? It might just be that the two were allophonic variations.What dhokarena quotes as *ḱwon seems to be actually *ḱuwon-
Sunàqʷa the Sea Lamprey says:
Re: PIE question
Not really. *Medially* they were rather common. Although it's true that *initial* plain velars are rare.Soap wrote:I figured bricka was using a two-series model of PIE. If not, then the question might not be answerable, since plain velars in three-series models are very rare.
EDIT: or rather, restricted to certain environments, like *Kr-
Basilius
Re: PIE question
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Re: PIE question
I bet no-one's thought of that one before.mapking27 wrote:Pi= 3.14159
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Re: PIE question
Yes, but they are few and far between.Nancy Blackett wrote:Is there anywhere where /kw/ (i.e. /k/ + /w/) develops differently from /k_w/ (i.e. labialised /k/)?
PIE *kwe:p, *ke:wp "to boil, smoke"
Baltic kwapa (*k_w would have given **kapa)
PIE *kwotH "to boil, foam"
Sansk. kvathate (*k_w would have given **kathate)
PIE *kweit "to want, invite"
Baltic kwai
There are probably a handful of others.
Re: PIE question
Not to hijack the thread, but to hijack the thread: how did ablaut work in nouns of more than two syllables?