Re: [tied] Re: Path [was: Re: Gypsies again]

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 41097
Date: 2005-10-07

Rob wrote:

> A root form *pentx- seems typologically odd for IE. I wonder if
> the /x/ here is the old collective suffix.

There are quite few such roots, including *menth2- 'stir', *reth2-
'travel' (hence *roth2-o-), and *meg^h2- (if *meg^o:h2s/*meg^h2 is a
root adjective).

Piotr