Re: [tied] Of cows and living

From: P&G
Message: 43360
Date: 2006-02-11

> I've been thinking about the odd form of the verb 'to live' in PIE,
> *gWíh3w-e/o-.

There was a discussion of this root some time back in JIES, but I can't find
my notes on it. I do remember that it did not suggest reduplication and
dissimilation, which I find an attractive idea. However doesn't the "cow"
root have a laryngeal: *gWoH-u?

Peter

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