Re: bhosos

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2009-04-03 21:46, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> > But anyway Skt. bhasád 'hidden, secret part of the body, genital part'
> > clearly comes from bHos-ó-
>
> Just because it's similar?

Just because is similar,yes:
- both from a phonetic bHVs-
- as from a semnatic point of view 'bHVs-' 'a swollen limb of the body
(we have: bosom limb, genital limb, foot limb, abdominal limb - quite enough references)

> Anyway, it isn't likely to come from
> *bHos-od- (whatever the origin of the strange suffix), as such a form
> would have been affected by the open-syllable lengthening of *o
> (Brugmann's Law).

Even *bHos-od- has this issue .. bHVs- inside is obvious....


Marius