Re: Puhvel's derivation & comparison

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "The Egyptian Chronicles"
<the_egyptian_chronicles@...> wrote:

>
> Jaan Puhvel once proposed a derivation from PIE *h3erp- and
> comparison with Latin rapio 'to ravish, steal, rob' (1991: 182-183).
> Was his suggestion accepted or rejected by fellow Indo-Europeanists?
>
> Thanks in advance for your responses.

Did you leave something out?
What word was being derived and compared?


Torsten