Re: [tied] Re: PIE genitive plural *-o:m, a possible analysis (*wL'

On 2006-05-04 06:22, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> 1. I know of no justification for reconstructing *H3 as the initial.
> While I admit the probability of an initial 'laryngeal', my choice
> would be *H2.

Gk. orego: 'stretch out, reach' (= Lat. rego:), orektos (= Lat. re:ctus,
OPers. ra:sta-, PGmc. *rexta-) show the value of the laryngeal. The
development of the 'royal' semantics of the root is illustrated by the
Latin meanings of <rego:> -- (1) 'keep straight, lead straight'; (2)
'guide, lead, direct'; (3) 'set right, correct'; (4) 'control, rule,
govern'.

Piotr