Re: bhosos

On 2009-04-03 23:24, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

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

We don't seem to understand the words "clearly" and "probable" in the
same way. Of all the PIE vocalisms *o is the least likely one here (no
Brugmann's Law).

> 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'

The same goes for "obvious". Slavic *bosU means specifically 'barefoot',
but Gmc. *Bara- may be used of any part of the human body (not to
mention the human body as a whole), or of anything open, exposed,
unprotected etc. (like "bare ground"). There is no semantic connection
with swelling. Is a bare head swollen? Or bare hands?

Piotr