Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

On 2007-05-18 02:04, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> 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

As already explained by other members, the Germanic word was thematic
(with *-wa- < *-w-o-):

Gen.sg. pre-Gmc. *bHorw-o-s(j)o > PGmc. *Barwasa > Anglo-Frisian *bærwæs

> OE bearwes

The -u ~ -o in the nom.sg. reflects PGmc. *-waz.

Slavic *borU is a genuine u-stem, but in Slavic the light/heavy
distinction was levelled out, yielding a uniform genetive ending *-u <
*-e/ou-s for all u-stems.

Piotr