Re: park, was *pVs- for cat

From: Tavi
Message: 68063
Date: 2011-09-23

I fomerly assumed *Hwer- is a PIE B (in my own terminology) root corresponding to Paleo-European *par(r)- and PAltaic *p`árà(n) 'cross-beam, constructing place'. However, the proposal by Ernout-Meillet of linking Latin parie:s to the root *twerH- 'to keep, to hold, to fence' found in Balto-Slavic, assuming *tw > Latin p opens a new field for comparative work, as IMHO this would be a PIE A root reflected in reflected in Latin obtu:ro: 'to block, to stop up' and Romance *at-tu:ro: 'to stop', and which I link to PAltaic *t`jù:ru 'to hold, to obstruct'.

In my model, Eurasiatic *tH (reflected as PAltaic *t`) would give PIE A *t and PIE B *H. Then we've got:
PAltaic *t`jù:ru 'to hold, to obstruct'

PIE A *twerH- 'to keep, to hold, to fence'
Latin obtu:.ro:, Romance *ad-tu:ro:

PIE B *Hwer- 'to cover, to close' (with various suffixes)
Romance barra 'bar, barrier', *berruculu- 'bolt'

On the other hand, in the lexical group represented by Altaic *p`árà(n), which designates some type of latticework, we can include Paleo-European *par(r)- and *waranda:, the later with a lenition *pH > *p\ > *w. These two would respectively represent the PIE A and PIE B types, although in this case there're no actual PIE reconstructions.