--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2008-10-12 00:48, Andrew Jarrette wrote:
>
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>
> LIV identifies the protoform of <faveo:> with the _causative_ of
*dHew-,
> i.e. *dHow-éje/o- 'cause to move, push forward', which could easily
> develop such figurative senses as 'promote' (note its etymology) or
> 'cheer on, encourage'.
>
> Piotr
>
Oh, I see. But another question I have is, if a root is encountered
only in Italic, Germanic, and Slavic, does that mean we should
probably reject it as being from PIE? I personally feel that that is
being rather harsh, especially when it is so easy for languages to
lose items of vocabulary (cf. Modern English vs. Old English
especially, but also many modern European languages compared with
their ancestors). Is there another reason why you do not favour (a
deliberate choice of word here) the idea of a PIE root *ghow- (etc.)
besides the fact that if it occurred, it is only corroborated in
Italic, Germanic, and Slavic?
Andrew