More Toponymics

[David Kiltz]

On 23.05.2006, at 22:13, Guenther Ramm wrote:

>  - I think it could be *pairuwisks (with a euphonic -w- like in  
> attested iudaiwisks and MnE “Peruvian”). But then, couldn’t it  
> happen that this -uw- would turn –ggw- after the Holtzmann’s (?)  
> Law (like skuggwa < *skuwa)?

HOLTZMANN is triggered by the presents of an original laryngeal.  
(E.g., for _skuggwa_ the root is IE *_(s)kewh1-_). So *_pairuwisk-_  
should be fine.

David



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