Re: Khaos and Eros

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> What does the *h1erh2- root mean? Is it "separate, adjoin" as
>Abdullah Konushevci reported, or is it closer to "desire, love"? I
>don't see how the meaning "desire, love" could have arisen
>from "separate, adjoin" or have related words meaning "border"
>or "dissolve".

Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and then your borders will
dissolve.

That was rather elegant. Maybe I should write an etymological
dictionary? ;-)


Torsten