*gWerh3- "to devour"

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 15301
Date: 2002-09-09

Piotr:
>But here the root is Gk. bor-/bro:- < *gWerh3- 'devour'. It's
>reflexes in the other IE languages (e.g. Latin voro:) are not
>beaver-like at all!

I noticed the *h3... Hmmm, I'm just wondering if it's possible
to analyse that stem with the help of the o-grade instead. Thus,
perhaps *gWerx- or *gWorx- versus *gWrox-. (Of course, *x here
is to designate a uvular aspirate corresponding to both *H2 and
*H3 of traditional notation).

Just thinkin'.


- gLeN


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