Greek question & the pre-history of *nekwt

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Peter and IEists:

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter &/or Graham <petegray at btinternet.com>
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 6:23 PM

>Pat said:

>>Do you have other examples of devoicing a stop before /sk/ in Hittite since,
>>of course, it is, to my knowledge, unknown in IE?

>Devoicing before s is regular in IE, of course, so why should we question
>devoicing before /sk/?

If one assumes that [k-ku] is not k + u but a mere "grapheme" for [k{w}],
then, of course, there would be no question.

Pat

[ Moderator's comment:
  What exactly are you asking?  You appear to be back-pedalling on several
  issues you have argued over the past weeks.
  --rma ]