Re: *pu:tium prae-pu:tium sala-pu:tium

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"

> 1.a *pu:tium could be a simple -yo- compound formed LONG BEFORE a
> construction with prae- has appeared:
>
> He have plenty of such example in Latin like:
> Latin o:stium < Latin o:s 'mouth' < PIE *h3oh1-s-o
> Latin pretium < PIE *pre-t-yo-
>
> Marius
> ==========
> (tsalam? t?ob)
> I don't think these examples are a refutation of Assertion 2.
>
> Latin pretius is verb with *e > noun derivative : pre > pre-t-yo
> I see no reason why o:stium could not be the same *h3eh1-s-t-yo

(with -e-)

> (I keep this root H3_H1, although I am sceptical it could exist)

Honestly I don't understand what is the link between 'a preposition'
and the /e/ that you try to show me . Please could you be more
specific?

1. There are no "prepositions" in o:stium and pretium

2. pre- in pre-t-yo is not a preposition we have quite the PIE
root /to sell, to trafficate/ inside => /porno/ (to still remain in
the current topic) belongs there too.

2. There is no /e/ BUT /o/ in Latin o:s ;mouth' < *h3oh1-s- and I
confirm you that the root for the 'mouth' is *h3oh1- with /o/ not
with /e/ : please see the related cognates of the 'mouth' word
especially the Skt. and the Hitt. forms)

Marius