Re: [tied] taurus, Stier and s movable

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 48408
Date: 2007-05-02

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens ElmegÄrd Rasmussen <elme@...>
wrote:
>
> --- 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
>

If so, PIE *-ro- would have the same meaning as the English -ny-
s-teu-ro- <-> thorn-ny?

Marius