Re: [tied] PIE *aussiio-

At 11:21:36 AM on Saturday, February 22, 2003, alex_lycos
wrote:

> Which was the meaning of PIE root *aussiio? and *aussiia ?

I believe that the root is */H2ous-, H2aus-/.

> I find the followings entry here:

> greek= aus= ear

Isn't the Gk. <ous>?

> latin= auris= ear
> lituanian= ausis(meaning?), old lituanian =ausim
> latvian= aus (meaning?)

Both are 'ear', as are all the rest here. (Buck gives the
Latv. as <auss>, not <aus>.)

> old prusian= ausins ( akk. pl)
> german= ohr
> english= ear
> swedish= öra

> It seems that not just latin rothacised an intervocalic
> "s" but germanic too.

Just in Northwest Gmc., and not just intervocalic */s/; it
doesn't happen in Gothic (e.g., <áuso:> 'ear'). PIE */s/ >
*/z/ when not immediately preceded by the accent; for more
information look up Verner's Law. This */z/ was then
rhotacized in NWGmc. You can see it happening in North Gmc.
runic inscriptions by way of an intermediate stage
transcribed <R>, e.g., Goth. <fisks> 'fish', runic Norw.
<fiskR>, OIc <fiskr>.

I believe that Latin rhotacism is also by way of /z/.

Brian