Re: [tied] PIE ?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 01:29:06 +0000, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>
> Hello,
> Could somebody help me with the PIE of Latin :
>
> <apricus> -> 'sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by/exposed
>to/open to the sun'

Pokorny only suggests that ap- is the preposition *ap(o)- "off".

Just guessing, but the root part might then be *rei-, *reik- "scratch,
line" (> E. row, G. Reihe). Perhaps rays (lines, rows) coming down (from
the sun): Latin <apri:cum> "sunshine".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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