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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
wrote:
> *bhoih2-dh(h1)- is derived from that, probably by adding
> *dheh1-, the meaning being "to make frightened" (verb) or
> "fright-maker" (noun).
>
Regarding the unexpected circumflex in Lith. <baidýti> (3d pers. pres.
<bai~do>) 'frighten' (and its nest): I guess the Lith. verb is derived
from or its pitch accent is influenced by some noun which undergone a
metatony, e. g. <bai~das> 'bugaboo'. The old acute survived in the now
etymologically opaque derivative <báime:> 'fear', which in view of the
interjection <báimenia> (expressing astonishment) must be derived from
*bHoih2-dH-men- (*dm > m is regular in Lithuanian).
Sergei