Basque *<bil> 'round'

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Ed and IEists:

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Eduard Selleslagh" <edsel at glo.be>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 12:47 PM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Trask" <larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 5:04 PM

> Ed Selleslagh writes:
> [on my puzzlement over a suggested PIE source]

<snip>

>> So, it is not unreasonable to assume (no hard evidence!!) that *kwelo gave
>> rise to a Basque re-interpretation *bel-, via some intermediate (most likely
>> IE) stage *(h)wel-.

[LT]
> "Not unreasonable"?

> Well, first the vocalism is wrong.  Basque does indeed have another ancient
> stem of the form *<bel>, but this means 'dark', not 'round'.

[PR]
For which a look at IE *pel- might be of interest.

<snip>

Pat

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