Re: V-, B-

On 2008-11-08 15:22, Arnaud Fournet wrote:

>> [DGK:] Latin <ju:niperus>, <-i:> (f.) has evidently been altered to
>> conform to other tree-names from *ju:nipera
>> 'juniper-berry-producing', from *ju:num 'juniper-berry', from Old
>> Lat. *juxnom < *yukw-snom.

> ========= do you mean that yuni-_per_ is from *bher ? A.

Of course it isn't. It's from <pario:> 'bear, bring forth, produce'

Piotr