Re: [tied] PIE 'brow'

On 04-11-10 22:11, whetex_lewx wrote:

> let's forget o for short time. So, *h2ak^-(ro-) is related to Lith.
> as^tr-us

Also dialectal <as^rus>, without the /t/.

> what could you say about -t

It's epenthetic. Slavic always has it in *sr > str of any origin,
including the reflex of PIE *k^r (cf. *ostrU 'sharp' < *h2ak^ros). The
Baltic outcome of *-sr- and *-k^r- (with or without t-epenthesis) is
dialectally variable.

> It's also in such adjectives like aitrus (bitter), kantrus (patient)
> (kente:^ti (to suffer)), darbs^tus (diligent) (dirbti (to work)),
> kartus (bitter) (karsti (to be bittering more and more))...

These <t>'s are of different origin -- suffixal or part of the root, but
etymological in either case.

Piotr