Re: Latinus geminus

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
<miguelc@...> wrote:

>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:50:28 -0000, "alexandru_mg3"
> <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
>
>
> >But if I add here the Baltic form reflected in Lettish jumis 'a
> >double ear of corn' (and Jumis - the God) => following the same

path

> >that : "semantics usually takes preference over phonetics" , I

think

> >that the phonetic puzzle will be complete
> >
> >In this case I need to put away : Lettish jumis as from *yeuh- 'to
> >join , to mingle' => but the semantism of 'the duality' somehow

will

> >dissapear ...
>
> Latvian jumis (with short /u/) would be from *yeu-. There
> are other Baltic forms which *are* based on the root *yeuH-
> (as well as on the root *yeug-).
>

I know that is with a short /u/ but as I know the root is yeuh- 'to
join , to mingle' with a laryngeal.

I'm not aware about a 'similar' root *yeu- . If you know some words
in Baltic or outside reflecting *yeu- please tell me.

Marius