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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
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> But...fa:s points to a *dheH2-, doesnt it?
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No. According to Watkins (AHD, second edition, pp, 18-19), Latin
<fa:s> as Latin <fa:num> are derived from zero-grade form *dhH1-s-,
probably identical of zero-grade form of *dhe:s-> *dhH1s-no. Basic
root is *dhe:-, contracted from *dheH1-.