From: G&P
Message: 61859
Date: 2008-12-04
Haud
> The H probably goes back to an original *gh-.
>What if probably not goes back to *gh ?
Latin initial /h/ normally goes back to PIE gH or g’H. It can occasionally be an “adornment” as you put it (for example in the famous mosaic at Pompeii saying, HAVE for AVE).
Peter