Re: *rebh- or *H3rebh-

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci"
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

>
> *rebh- `to roof'. Oldest form seems to be *H3rebh-. 1. Alb.
> <brinjë> `rib, hillside' from suffixed zero-grade form *H3r.bh-n-

yeH2:

> Old English ribb `rib': Old Norse rif `rib, ridge': Middle Low

German

> ribbe `id.', all from Germanic *rebja-, *rebjo:, `covering of

chest

> cavity': Slavic rebro `id.'. 2. <bravë> `fastening, lock' possible
> from suffixed o-grade form *H3robh-eH2. 3. <bravare> `sheep under

the

> of a village herdsman', an suffixal derivative of <brave>.

(Pokorny 2.

> rebh- 853.)
>
> Any help?

Correction: bravare 'sheep und the care of a village herdsman'

> Konushevci
>