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).