Re: Khaos and Eros

> > Ero:s < *erawot- ? *erasot-
>
> The root is *h1erh2- (Gk. eramai 'desire, love', adj.

eratós 'desired,

> loved). The -s- stem nouns in Gk. must originally have been neut.

*eras,

> anim. *ero:s (*h1érh2-e/os-), as demonstrated by further

derivatives

> like <erannós> 'lovely' from *eras-no-. The t-stem (ero:t-) is

either a

> Greek innovation (more likely) or a trace of PIE *-s-/*-t-

alternation

> in s-stems.

For what it's worth:
Fi. rakasta- "love"
Est. armasta- id.


Torsten