Re: [tied] PIE *ser - to flow

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

>
> On 2006-03-29 07:51, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > P>S> Additional question: Is the PIE *sreu and extension of ser?

If

> > yes, how that extension was formed :
> > - as *sr-eu? or as *ser-u > *sre-u ?
>
> *sre-u- is impossible (PIE had no bases like *sre-). If you can

keep a

> secret (it's part of something I've just prepared for

publication), I

> believe that *sreu- was once segmented *s(e)r-éu-. This *-éu-

extension

> is also visible in some other verbs of movement like *pl-éu-

'swim,

> float', *dr-éu- 'run, flow (of a river)' and... -- OK, I've said

enough ;-).

>
> Piotr
>

Thanks, Piotr (I will keep the secret regarding -éu- (trying to
quote you each time).

Please also: to give me some 'valid' words that belong to the root
*ser (and not to *sreu), because with the exception of Latin serum
(I wasn't able to find another 'sure one')

Thanks a lot,
Marius