Re: [tied] What is *IE for Soma?

Piotr:

>Skt. soma-, Av. haoma-, etc. < Proto-Indo-Iranian *s�uma-, a derivative
>of {su-} as in Skt. sunoti '(he) presses'. The root *seu- 'press out,
>extract liquid' is IE with a number of cognates outside IIr. (cf. Gk.
>huei 'it rains'), and *s�u-mo-s is an expected derivative meaning 'that
>whis is pressed out, juice' (it could of course be applied metonymically
>to a juice-giving plant).

Or, dare I say, back to the sexual innuendos regarding Peter's semen,
in which I can think of another juice-giving root... <:S


= gLeN

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