Re: bhosos

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

>
> On 2009-04-03 22:26, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
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> > Skt. bhasád 'a genital part' could be also *bHos-m.-d-
>
> Still an open syllable.
>
> Piotr

In Skt. bhasád 'a genital part' we clearly have PIE *bHVs- very probable *bHos-

Also a semantic link with Germanic *bo:smaz 'bosom' and with PIE *bhosos 'bare foots' is obvious for me:

'a swollen limb of the body'

Marius