[tied] Re: o-grade thoughts

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> Well, yes, the idea is that reduplicated verbs stems first
> stood for repetion before they stood for duration and intensity.
> I think the pair Ch.Sl. bojati se, "sich fürchten" vs. OHG bibe:n
> "tremble" is a good example of having one or several spasms of
> fear, respectively (I interpret the *bhe- root as punctual,
> because I think it is somehow related to Pokorny *bhei(&)-,
> *bhi:- "schlagen", ie you are struck by fear, but I can't yet
> formalize it).
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> Torsten
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> There is no such thing as a "*bhe- root".
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> Patrick
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It's not in Pokorny, if that's what you mean, no. But since
I suspect that *bheH(i)- (I think I'll amend it to) is manifested
in both Pokorny *bho:i- : *bh&i- : *bhi:- "sich fürchten" and
Pokorny *bhei(&)-, *bhi:- "schlagen" , then one wouldn't expect it
to be there.
(And I would sorely like to find a way of deriving from it his
*bha:-, *bho:-, *bh&- "glänzen, leuchten, scheinen" and *bha:-
"sprechen", all as aspects of a physical unwellness, timor dei,
connection from the other side kind of concept).


Torsten