Re: [tied] *bhe-, -y, -w

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

> On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:52:58 +0200, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> >Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
> >> tgpedersen wrote:
> >
> >>>BTW I wonder if the pre/postpositon *bhi "at" is related

somehow.

> >>>Miguel tried to link it as a preverb to Polish 'po-'. The
> >>>alternation -u/-i smacks of a locative too?
> >>
> >>
> >> It is usually derived from PIE *h2po-, which would make
> >> it a relative of English <of>, <off>, <eft> and <after> ...
> >
> >Sorry, I forgot to mention one thing. Miguel suggested that some
> >instances of the Germanic prefix *bi- could reflect the Verner

variant

> >of a preposition originally beginning with *p (or *Hp-), just as

*ga- is

> >thought to be cognate to Lat. com-.
>
> Yes. If so, there is no connection with the preposition
> <bi>.
>

I am delighted to know that people have taken note of what my
favorite roots are. They will probably also know that I suspect
Møller was right in positing some type of bh/p etc alternation (by
some Verner-type mechanism?). In which case Miguel's analysis (that
was indeed the one I referred to) won't alienate Germanic *bi
from 'international' *bhi (and all the other 'water' stuff).


Torsten