Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/h₁weh₂-

Slavic

Is it possible that Appendix:Proto-Slavic/pustъ descended from this form? 82.217.116.224 12:43, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

No, not at all. The expected Slavic form would be *va- or something similar. —CodeCat 13:05, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

fás

I added a gloss for the word “fás” in Old Irish, Modern Irish, and Scottish Gaelic. This is important because there is another word “fás” (originally “ás”) meaning growth, of unknown but different etymology. I deleted “fásan” from the Modern Irish, because there is no such word, as far as I know. There is a Modern Irish word “fásán”, meaning sapling, but this is from the other root. I replaced “fásan” with the verb “fásaigh” ‘to lay waste’ (which would be “fásann” in 1sg present - perhaps the origin of the mistake). This matches Scottish Gaelic “fàsaich”. But really both “fásaich” and “fàsaigh” might as well be left out, because they are just ordinary and not very common derivatives of “fás”. --Caoimhin (talk) 10:46, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

vāstus/vastus

I don’t know whether Latin “vāstus” should have a long ā, as currently shown on the page. Or else be “vastus” with a short a, as shown on the page it links to (where this is also reflected in the IPA). Of the two dictionaries on the Perseus Latin Word Study Tool, Lewis and Short writes “vastus”, while Elementary Lewis writes “vāstus”. Perhaps it was long and later became short?? --Caoimhin (talk) 11:19, 19 July 2017 (UTC)