Path [was: Re: Gypsies again]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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).

Well, that's good then! :)

Do you think the *-x was a root extension?

- Rob