Re: PIE *a -- a preliminary checklist

> > > I have written about this at
> > > http://koti.welho.com/jschalin/substitutions.htm
> > >
> > > substitution of PIE -zg- by Pre-Finnic -sk- is
> > > parallelled by the PU
> > > word *mos´ki- <= PIE *mozg-.
> > ===============
> > This PIE root is dubious in the first place.
>
> I am dependent on others on this one:
> Lithuanian mazgóti, mazgóju 'wash' < mozg-eh2-ye/o-
> OInd. majjáyati 'submerge in water' < mozg-eye/o-
> But I must add that this etymology is often cited.
>

A *n,W phoneme is nice when trying to explain all these 'wet' words.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/51005
(but why can't I find my original posting; is Yahoo causing trouble?)
It would make the above cognate with Gmc. *wask- (*-n,Wózg-, loan?).
Cf. wet vs. naß.


Torsten