Bears and why they mostly are called otherwise

JoatSimeon at aol.com JoatSimeon at aol.com
Mon Mar 6 22:25:59 UTC 2000


>mcv at wxs.nl writes:

> G&I give walwa-, walwi- with question mark as Hittite, besides Luwian walwa-,
> but that could be a Luwian borrowing into Hittite.  Still, I'm not aware of a
> development *kw > w in Luwian (*k^ > zero, yes). >>

-- Mallory & Adams seem to think it's credible.



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