Re: PIE *aussiio-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:

> Which was the meaning of PIE root *aussiio? and *aussiia ?
>
> I find the followings entry here:
>
> greek= aus= ear
> latin= auris= ear
> lituanian= ausis(meaning?), old lituanian =ausim
> latvian= aus (meaning?)
> old prusian= ausins ( akk. pl)
> german= ohr
> english= ear
> swedish= öra
>
> It seems that not just latin rothacised an intervocalic "s" but

germanic

> too. If so, which is the explanation for this rothacism of the "s"

in

> Latin and Germanic?

***In Albanian we have vesh "ear" <*o:s- <*ausiia (comp. Albanian
vet "self" and Greek autos)as primary form and voth (g.)/vath
(t.) "earring" <*a:s- <aussia. So, spirant /-s-/ reflect at
biggining /-sh-/ (comp. është "is", lat. est, per. asti, sansk.
ansti, sll. jest) and later interdental /-th-/ (comp. IE root *su-
"pig", Alb. thi "pig", *mus , Alb. mi "mouse", etc. Rothacism in
Latin is evident (see: flos, floris < flosis).***