Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

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> Could you give an example of a bare *CoC noun - without any suffixes?
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> Patrick
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> Greek phô(s) "light"
> Root *bh_H2
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> Nominative -s does not count as a suffix.
> the base is *bhoH2-
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> Arnaud
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I did not write "bare *Co:C noun".

I think nominative -*s is a suffix for most people.

According to Pokorny, Greek <phôs> is from *bha:u- via <páo(u)s>.

I have no reason for disbelieving that.


Patrick