From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 42686
Date: 2006-01-01
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From: "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Etymology of PIE *ph2ter
> For 'protect' (better 'scare off dangerous creatures', I think), the
root is
> *po[:]-, or, if you will, *peH3-.
No, the root is PIE *pe/oh2(i) 'to protect, to guard' -> for the forms
in o => see PIE *poh2i-men > Lithuanian piemuõ 'sheperd' and Greek
poimé:n 'id'
And interesting construction is also the Armenian *hoviw 'sheperd' <
*h3ewi 'sheep' + *peh2 'to guard, to protect' => "the sheeps'
protecter" => 'the sheperd'
Marius
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Patrick:
Two questions.
How was the root for 'feed' different?
Could you explain _in detail_ why you prefer *H2 for 'protect'?
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