From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 45337
Date: 2006-07-13
> > 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
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