> >There is no such
> > support for a similar analysis of *hosdos.
P.'s cognate 1: in, inside
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Chinese
yú EMC ?ïa < ?à "in, at, to" (preposition)
ya:n EMC ?ïan, ?ian < *?à-n "being in; in it, there"
ya:ng EMC ?ïan, < *?a`-n, "the inside, middle"
also the 'introvert' infix *a of the &~a ablaut and the prefix *a,
cognate to Tibatan h.a-c^un' and Burmes ?a-.
Old Indian (OI) a: "hither, near to, towards"
Old Persian, Avestan a: Greek o- in okéllo: "run a ship aground",
besided kéllo: "put to shore (trans. and intrans.)" etc
Also the prefix responsible for PIE voiced aspirates ...
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Oddly, that required branch-prefix is one P. proposes as a cognate
with Old Chinese. Note the laryngeal.
Torsten