Re: [tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

Daniel J. Milton wrote:

>> > But if you are postulating *kumb- on the basis of Rom.

'cumpar',

> forget it. That's from L. 'comparare' "prepare, provide, obtain".
> Cf. It. 'comprare', Sp. 'comprar' (from Buck).
> Dan

No I don't postulate something like this. I just observe that the vords
related to "buy" and "change","expensive" seems to be somehow related.
The Rom. "cumpãra" derive nice from Latin word with no trouble at all;
the semantic does not make any trouble here.

Alex