Archaic A1 p- in Dakotan.

[David Rood]

>
> Most of our "funny W's" (e.g. in 'snow') come historically from a
> secondary sequence of w-w.  So in 'snow' the wa- prefix with the wa root
> gives w-wa > Wa.  John may be right that *w-? also gives W-, which would
> be Dakota b ~ m (the latter before nasal vowels).  It's surprising, given
> the 'snow' word in other languages, that Dakota 'snow' isn't [ba].  It's
> just [wa], isn't it?


	yes.

	David