Re: [tied] Etymology of PIE *ph2ter

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

>
>
> > 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'
>
>
> Marius
>

Interestingly, perhaps, the Baltic word continues in Finnish as
'paimen' - herdsman. We come almost full circle with 'lapsenpaimen'
lit. child's overseer > baby sitter.

Peter P