Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Initial *gw before o

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I didn't give an example of the outcome of initial *gw before an o even though there is an excellent example that shows that there was no delabialization of the labiovelar in this environment. The reflex was *, as is the default. This example should be added to p. 87 B after *gweru.

*gworo/ā- (← *gwerh3- ‘swallow’) > uorā- in uorāx ‘ravenous’ and uorat ‘swallows ravenously’, cf. Gk. βορός ‘gluttonous’, βορά ‘food’, Ved. giráti ‘devours’

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