[tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:10:49 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> wrote:
>
> >I was reminded of Miguel's comparison of Polish perfective(?) po-
> >with Germanic be- (from *bi, a preposition that gets around;
>
> The point of the comparison was that Gmc. be- perhaps _wasn't_ from

*bhi-

> after all, put from *po- (just like ge- is from *ko(m)-).
>

Bhut if it were from *bhi- we would have another case of Noreen
alternation (bh/p).
I still think there is a connection with the *ap-, *ab- "water" word
(and Latin sub, super; note the unexplained /u/ in Latvian
ùpe "river").

Torsten