Re: PIE *dom- 'household' (was Re: Gimbutas)

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 68099
Date: 2011-10-03

W dniu 2011-10-03 11:34, Tavi pisze:

> But Latin *ma:teria* has a long /*a:*/,

And it should have it. PIE *R.h2 regularly yields Lat. Ra:

> and also your etymology won't
> explain the remainder of the word.

It's Osthoff's (1893) etymology elaborated by Nikolaev (2011), and of
course it does explain the remainder.

Piotr