"centum"/"satem" "exceptions" [was Re: Northwest IE attributes]

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

"petegray" <petegray at btinternet.com> wrote:

>Miguel wrote:
>>For instance, I don't think
>> Benveniste's root-theory allows *i and *u in the V position (or
>> does it?).  It would be nice to have statistics.

>Forgive my ignorance - I'm puzzled here.   *CiC and *CuC roots are
>plentiful, e.g. *digh goat, *bhidh pot, *k'ik strap, *knid louse;  *trus
>reed, *k'up shoulder, *k'udh dung, *lus louse etc etc.

>Could you help me understand what you meant here?

Compare the number of Ce-/Co-roots (e.g. in Pokorny) with the
number of Ci-/Cu-roots.  I guesstimate the difference is a factor
10 or so.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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