Re: *h2an-su-?

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

> >and may be analysed as *h2onh1-so- 'breath,
> > spirit' from *h2anh1- 'breathe', like *faxsa- 'head hair' <

*pok^t-

> so-,
> > from a verb root meaning 'comb' (Lat. pecto:). That would make

you

> 50%
> > right.
> >
>
> Aha, and you skipped elegantly over the other 50%. Which makes me
> wonder: what is *-so-?

I hurry to add:

Etruscan 'sval' "to live"
Hurrian 'sawl' "health, prosperity"

see

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nostratic-L/message/32

not to mention similar traces in Finno-Ugric. Loanword?

Torsten