Bears and why they mostly are called otherwise

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:

>>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.

On what grounds?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl