*sr- roots in PIE

[proto-language]

Dear Dennis and IEists:

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I believe *sreu- is probably an s-mobile formation from *ereu-, 'to move
swiftly'; *ser-, from which it has been derived, is rather, IMHO, an s-mobile
of the simpler form *3. er-.

I have written a short essay on s-mobile which some list-members may want to
take a look at:

  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2803/IE-s-mobile.htm

I believe "when s-mobile is combined with r-, a /-t-/ is inserted [s-t-r-] for
euphony and ease of pronunciation: e.g. *2. streig-, "stiff", from *s- +
(reig^-), "stretch out".)

In the case of *sreu-, if we did not assume a euphonic insertion of -t- in
*sreu- to produce 'stream', then we would have to reconstruct *s(t)reu-, which
I think should be done.

I suspect the key to this puzzle is that *s + *Herew -> *sreu- but *s + *reu-
-> *streu-.

Pat

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