Re: hu:ma:nus (was: Etymology of Rome)

From: ceiserith@...
Message: 70031
Date: 2012-09-05

In a message dated 9/5/2012 12:47:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sean@... writes:
>Jens Rasmussen (Miscellaneous morphological problems in Indo-European
languages V, CWPL 2, p. 98) suggests W. daear/Br. douar come from PIE
*dems-(h1)eg'her@2 "the borders of the dwelling",
 
   Regardless of whether the Welsh or Breton comes from this, is it something that we could consider a PIE "word?"  Or just a hypothetical construction to try to explain these particular words?
 
David Fickett-Wilbar