Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 8:04:43 PM on Thursday, May 17, 2007, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> > <gpiotr@> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> 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'
>
> OE <bearu> is 'grove', not 'tree', and it's a wa-stem, not a
> u-stem, from PGmc. *barwaz.
>
> > the PIE gen sg. should be *bHor-w-ós but this didn't match
>
> > OE gen. sg. bearwes
>
> From PGmc. *barwasa.
>
> Brian
>

Thanks Brian: sorry for my English.

*bHor-w-ós- > *barwasa seems regular in this case.

I didn't know that PGerm *wa > OE we

Marius


However: PIE *bHor-u- is considered an u-stem.