Re: Brugmann's Law

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 51554
Date: 2008-01-20

On 2008-01-20 04:20, Rick McCallister wrote:

> Good question. If it's a native word, would it be bh?

*(s)leh1b- 'be weak, faint'. Cf. Gmc. *sle:p-i/a- 'sleep' and Slavic
slabU 'weak'. *(s)l&1b-o:s > labo:r (*'exhaustion' > 'hard work'). The
root is one of the few well attested ones with *b.

Piotr