Re[2]: [tied] Re: PS Emphatics

At 8:17:08 AM on Monday, February 4, 2008, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

> --- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>> Further
>> Dutch trouwen "marry", MLG tru:welovede "engagement
>> (to be married)",
>> ON trúlofa "promise solemnly; engage (to be
>> married)" with s mobile?
>> Torsten

> What is "s mobile" ?

A standard feature of orthodox PIE. Some roots appear both
with and without initial *s, e.g., *(s)teg- 'to cover' (Gk.
<stégo:>, Skt. <sthagati> 'to cover, conceal', Lat. <tego:>,
OIr <tech> 'house', ON <þekja> 'to thatch', etc.).

Brian