Greek question & the pre-history of *nekwt

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"Peter &/or Graham" <petegray at btinternet.com> wrote:

>> BTW: is Hittite <z> /dz, z^/, /ts,c/ or /z/?

>No doubt someone will prove me wrong, but I believe Hittite was deciphered
>at first by German speakers - so z was used as in German, which is a great
>pain.   It = /ts/.

OK, I'll prove you wrong :-)

Hittite was deciphered by a Czech, Hrozny', the <z> in whose name
is /z/.  The <z> derives from the conventions used for Akkadian
cuneiform.  Akkadian was deciphered by Germans.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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