Another Proto-Mississippi Valley *py Set

[Koontz John E]

I just happened to notice this *py set, not in the CSD:

PMV *pyo (?), *pyu (?)

IO pyu'braN 'mint, Indian perfume' Good Tracks
IO haN'pyubraN 'mint, tall Indian perfume (pink flower)' Good Tracks

NB These forms under 'mint' in the English side of Golod Tracks, but not
under han- or py- in the IO side.  JEK

OP *ppe.z^e nu'bdhaN "Pezhe NubthoN" 'wild mint (Mentha
  canadensis)' Gilmore:90

NB The relevant part here is the IO pyubraN compared with OP nubraN.  The
braN is probably 'to have an odor', however, so really it's just the pyu-
and nu- prefixal element that interestrs us.  OP u is from PS *o, but IO
has u here, too, not a perfect match.  I looked around for c^ho- or c^hu-,
without or without mnaN in Dakotan without finding anything.  Also, no
dice in Winnebago for *rupaNnaN or *ropaNnaN, and nothing under 'mint' or
'perfume' anywhere that looked reasonable.  JEK

John E. Koontz
http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz