Re: [tied] taurus, Stier and s movable

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 48410
Date: 2007-05-02

On 2007-05-02 20:34, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

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

There is no "English -ny-"; the actual suffix (forming adjectives from
NOUNS) is -y- (thorn-y < OE þorn-ig). X-y means 'like an X', 'full of
X-es' and the like.

Piotr

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