[tied] Re: IE "river" (5)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, ND <nmd65@...> wrote:

>
> --- George Hinge <litgh@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Latin o:stium "entrance, rive mouth" (and o:ra
> > "coast") is indeed
> > normally derived from os "mouth" = Skr. a:s "mouth".
> > The Old Norse
> > o:ss "river mouth" is another example (also in the
> > name of my city
> > Århus = a:r o:ss "the mouth of the river").
> >
>
> Great! I'm wondering if OCS: usta (mouth) would also
> be a cognate? And perhaps Baltic uo-?

All handbooks agree on that too.