Re: bhosos

On 2009-04-01 01:12, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> Maybe you could help me again, because even with all these endings, I
> don't see a way to obtain a long o: in
>
> Germanic bo:smaz (> English bosom) < PIE bHo:s-mo-
>
> The single way that I have imagined is from:
>
> PIE bHos-smo- > PIE bHo:s-mo ...

What makes you think *Baza- 'bare' and *Bo:sma- 'bosom' _should_ be related?

Piotr