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

>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).
>
>

I looked up *bay-/*baw- in "place; house" in Orël & Stol'bova. Just
before that root, I missed it the first time, is another root *bay-
/*baw- "water". Tsk, tsk. With a note '*y ~*w alternation'.


Torsten