Something is strange about this list.
I can understand three roots for "sheep", three roots for "goat". But five
roots for "he-goat"?..
And how to explain eleven roots "to shine" and twelve roots "to glitter"
(not counting three "glittering")?
The most striking is "to bend" ( was it IE favourite pastime?):
19 roots with meaning "to bend" only
8 roots - "to bend" with secondary meanings
3 roots - "to be bent" (didn't IE have mediopassive?)
plus 1 root "to become bent".
Altogether - 31, while total number of roots is just about 2000...
All roots are described as "fundamental roots (i.e., without extensions)".
Are they really without extentions? E.g. out of twelve "to glitter", five
start with Ble-...
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