Re: *H1wes-

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

>
> from EIEC
> *H1wes- "moist, especially of the ground or plants"
> vestikatu "to offer libation" Umbrian
> wo:s "juice, broth" Old English
> waas "layer of mist of fine drops" New Dutch
> wasal "moist ground" Old High

German

> vasa "forest with wet ground and blue clay" Latvian
> ievasa "moisture, tree sap" Latvian
> va:s "trouble, difficulty"
> (< "caused by bad weather") Old Norse
>
> What is that laryngeal H1 doing there? And how do you account for

the

> long vowels?
>
> Torsten

And probably Lith. ve.s`us 'chilly' (ve. circumflexed). A long vowel
again.

Sergei