Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-05-17 21:21, stlatos wrote:
>
> > PIE had different u- and eu-stems depending on the original

ending.

> > Most branches have analogy obscuring this but this change is early
> > enough to avoid that.
>
> Depending on the structure of the root we have gen. sg. *-w-ós (after
> light stems such as *medHu-) or *-éu-s (after heavy stems such as
> *pértu-, see Szemerényi). Lat. quercus represents the latter type.

Piotr, for OCS borU 'pine' & OE bearu `tree'

the PIE gen sg. should be *bHor-w-ós but this didn't match

OE gen. sg. bearwes

Marius