Re: Latin merx

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

>
> With a different prefix, we've got *p-HarXwV > *prak-, reflected in
> Greek prásso:, prátto: 'to deal with, to trade', pratós 'sold'.
> And with a different output of *Xw also *perH-, reflected in Baltic
> *pi~rk- (*pe~rk-a-) 'to buy'.
>

Of course, the Baltic forms are derived from *perk-. But *perH- is the source of Greek pérne:mi 'to sell', pipré:sko: 'to betray', more or less semantical counterparts of the Celtic forms.