Re: The monumental stupidity of PIE theorists further illustrated

On Jul 25, 10:59 am, analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jul 24, 5:15 pm, Bart Mathias <math...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
[...]

why look so far for "borrowing with fortition" (my solution to restore
Sanskrit as PIE for cases when sanskrit's sounds could not have
genetically given rise to those of Greek etc.) when we have
attestations of Hawaiian changing s,sh to k?

I wonder if that ever happened? I can't think of any instances.

Could you be thinking of the *replacement* of s and sh by k in
borrowings of non-Hawaiian words into an s-less language?

Yes. It is fascinating that "k" is the closest sound to "s" in
Hawaiian.

But then we also have "erku" of Armenian that is allegedly descended
from PIE "duo".

I thought you didn't believe this. Are you suggesting the Hawaiian
facts are made up, too?

Ross Clark
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