Re[4]: Res: [tied] Re: Latin tempus

At 9:36:39 AM on Friday, April 23, 2010, Anatoly Guzaev
wrote:

>>That *h&bl-h/n- makes very little sense.

> This is a hypothetical protoform, and I admit it doesn't
> make much sense at first glance. In fact, I am close to
> believe that steblo is related (through the metathesis,
> omission and metonymy) to Lat. culmus, OE healm, Russ.
> solóma 'stalk, stem, straw', although I am not sure where
> the sound /t/ (in stebl-) is coming from.

Good grief.

Brian