*gher

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 59098
Date: 2008-06-07

"Oscan Language" Wikipedia has the

[IE} *gher ('to desire'): Oscan herest ('he wants,
desires', English cognate 'yearns', Spanish quiere)
yearn makes perfect sense, but how do you get quiere
(< Latin quaerere < *kwais) from *gher?

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