Re: [tied] Re: Ex Libris; the book is for

From: Pavel A. da Mek
Message: 38185
Date: 2005-05-31

Lat. liber "book < bast",
PSl. lubU
(Lith. luobas, Alb. labe")
so maybe
PIE. leubh-o-z
(But there is another homonymous <leubh-> "love".)

Thus "Ex libris":
eg^s leubh-o-bhos
in dialects:
leubh-o-bhjos
leubh-o-mos

P.A.