[tied] Re: PIE Word Formation (2), correction

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:

>
> > Cf with "Schwebeablaut"
> > *swedh- (Eng. ppp swidden)
> > *sewdh- Eng seethe
> > Basque su- "fire"
>
> If you want an example in English of the so-

called "schwebeablaut", how

> about
> wreak/wrought ~ work
> That this could be inherited is more likely, since it occurs also

in Greek:

> *(w)reg-io > rezo ~ (w)ergon)
>

That would be:
*wreg-, *wrog-, *wr.g- -> PGerm. *wrek-, *wrak-, *wurk-

which wouldn't work; it wouldn't account for eg Gk. erg-


Torsten