Re: [tied] Bear with me

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> David:
> >Using the root *bher-, who would one say "we wish to bear?" I have a
> >guess, but prefer not to embarass myself by posting it.
>
> Hmm, I would dare guess and would prefer embarassing myself for the

pursuit

> of knowledge. I will randomly say *bHerihmos. Anybody else?

If you're trying to make an optative, it would have been
*bHer-o-ih1-me- (thematic). The meaning is perhaps not quite what
David was after: 'may it so happen that we shall bear', more or less,
implying that the realisation of our wish is beyond our control. I'm
not sure what an exact translation should look like.

Piotr