Re: [tied] taurus, Stier and s movable

From: Jens ElmegÄrd Rasmussen
Message: 48403
Date: 2007-05-01

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:
>
> So, is the s- of *steu-ro- movible? Is it linked to
> Latin taurus, etc.?
> Is it really *s-teu-ro?

My guess is that the word is Semitic, and that Sem. Tawr- (with T
denoting "thorn") was integrated into IE as *(s)tew-ro-, where both s-
movable variants were equally close to the original.

Jens