Re: [tied] *pYerkW+

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

>
> 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
>

Ok. But the PIE word was a u-stem or was ended in *-w-o-?

Also what was the original genitive form?

Thanks,
Marius