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

[Stefan Georg]

>>frank at uiowa.edu writes:

><< 1) what then is the standard reconstruction proposed for Skt. pu:r-, Greek
>> <polis> and Baltic <pilis>? And the prototype meaning assigned to it?

>-- *pelh(x), "fort, fortified place".

(JoatSimeon at aol.com):

>There's a possible cognate in Armenian -- 'k'alak', meaning "city".

This is an Iranian loanword (also found in Georgian and Syriac) < MP /kl'k/
(OI * kala:ka-). An etymological connection with sthl. *pelh- othl. is
completely out of the question.

St.G.

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