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

[Vartan and Nairy Matiossian]

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

Unfortunately, Arm. k'al'ak' "city" is not IE, it comes from Sem.
kalakku (e.g. the Neo-Assyrian city "Kalakku")

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