Re: *-tro-/*-tlo-

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

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> >> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@> wrote:

> > *kWen.-x-tro+ > Skt khanítra- 'spade'
> >
> > *pew-x-tro+ > Skt pavítra- 'filter, etc.'
>
> How do you know that the last two have Skt. -tra- from *-tro- rather
> than *-tlo-? The others above involve roots with *r, which explains the
> preference for *-tro-.

Then just consider lavitra- to illustrate the same form.