Re: [tied] Re: *h2an-su-?

08-07-03 13:23, tgpedersen wrote:

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

A derivative suffix, making nouns out of verb roots in the o-grade, as
in Eng. wasp < *waspa- ~ *wafsa- < *wobH-so- from *webH- 'weave' or Eng.
flax < *flaxsa- < *plok^-so- from *plek^- 'plait, fold' (in addition to
the example already given).

>
> 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?

Can't see a connection. What's that got to do with the form or function
of *-so-?