Re: IS PIE * DERU EXCLUSIVELY INDO-EUROPEAN ?

On 2008-01-28 09:45, fournet.arnaud wrote:

> In that case, the root should be a verb.
> de + Verb > Verb
> Or
> it should be de-HorT-t-yo-
> CF. prae-pu:-t-yo
>
> Looks bad.

<dorsum ~ dossum> could be a contracted participle like <ru:rsum ~
ru:s(s)um> = <re-vorsum> (cf. also re:tro:rsus, su:rsum, etc.), but the
short vowel is puzzling.

Piotr