Re: [tied] *kap-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> Is Latin _praebeo:_ presumed from *praihibeo:, from IE *pra:i-
> ghebheh1o:?
>
> The IE root seems to be *ghebh- here, not *ghabh-.
>
> ***
> Patrick:
>
> How can one tell from praebeo: whether the second element was
> *hibeo: or *habeo:?

Either one would have become -hibeo due to the early or pre-Latin
reduction of non-initial vowels.

> Even if this derived from **ghebh-, it would only be an example of
> an */a:/ that had been shortened to */a/, and subsequently been
> inducted into the *A(blaut vowel).
>
> ***

The IE form should then still be cited as *ghebh-.

- Rob