Re: bhosos

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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

Hello Piotr,
I could answer you in the same way as you did:

What makes you think they shouldn't?

Marius