On 2009-04-03 21:14, alexandru_mg3 wrote:
> So the reconstruction is PIE bHVs-m-so- > Skt. bhám.sas?
No. First of all, the Skt. stem is consonantal, i.e. it reflects an
*-os/-es- stem without a final *-o-.
Secondly, an interconsonantal *m would have been syllabic in PIE, and
PIE *m. (not to be confused with Skt. anusva:ra) gives Skt. /a/.
Thirdly, even if corrected to *bHVsmes-, the reconstruction doesn't
work, since *-sm- does not undergo metathesis in Sanskrit. Cf. {bHas}
'chew', hence <bHásman-> 'chewing'.
Piotr