Re: [tied] Re: PIE Word Formation Q&A (1)

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> I wonder if the mysterious prefix *o- that
> appears here and
> there, as in *o-hwi-o-m 'egg', o-sd-o-s 'perch' (if
> in fact related to
> *sed-) or *o-tl(h2)-o-s (Gk. otlos 'suffering', from
> *telh2- 'bear [fig.
> suffer]') is the same thing.

I think these and other words have prefix * h3o-
"on" with most of the evidence from Greek and Armenian
(some usually being treated as if initial *h3- in the
root).



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