Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/kl̥H-

How come the initial k is retained in the Germanic and where does the initial g in the Balto-Slavic come from? I feel Latin & Indo-Iranian should be under one entry and Balto-Slavic and Germanic under another. -- mādhavpaṇḍit (talk) 01:38, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * See this discussion. — JohnC5 04:23, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! --mādhavpaṇḍit (talk) 04:58, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Why not a labiovelar kʷ- for the onset consonant?
I just checked the meaning of all proto-Indo-European roots starting with *Gel(H) structure, where G is a non-palatal velar sound and I think an initial *kʷ-/*gʷ- is semantically more appropriate. For example, the labiovelar roots  and  (as a noun it means 'acorn' or 'bullet')  both refer to things which the head does. In comparison,, and  refer to things which the head experiences rather than doing. Additionally, the Celtic branch has a word for 'head' which clearly starts with a labiovelar: (possibly derived from a reanalysed older meddiopassive particle *kʷəlennom  < pIE *kʷelH-e-mh₁n-). I will also add to list for comparison the Turkic word for head, which could be akin to a proto-Indo-European *gʷalH-, but not to *kalw-.