Re: [tied] PIE *ser - to flow

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 43979
Date: 2006-03-29

On 2006-03-29 07:51, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> P>S> Additional question: Is the PIE *sreu and extension of ser? If
> yes, how that extension was formed :
> - as *sr-eu? or as *ser-u > *sre-u ?

*sre-u- is impossible (PIE had no bases like *sre-). If you can keep a
secret (it's part of something I've just prepared for publication), I
believe that *sreu- was once segmented *s(e)r-éu-. This *-éu- extension
is also visible in some other verbs of movement like *pl-éu- 'swim,
float', *dr-éu- 'run, flow (of a river)' and... -- OK, I've said enough ;-).

Piotr