Ι-E root *kyo-wo- or I-E. *kiH0-wo-, “in movement”, “to set in motion”

Abstract

On the basis of the laryngeal theory, the author assumes that the I-E root *kyo-w-, “to set in motion,” derives from praeie. *kiHo-w-. The geminates ss- and the length of the vocal in -δ- in Gr. s(s)ötron and epi- ssôtron, that is, in the Mycenaean forms e-pi-zo-ta/ epi-kjota /: Gr. epi- ssötra, zo-wa/Kjo-wa/: Gr. S(s)öe result from the process of the palatalization of *CiHo->*Cyö- > Myc. kjö > Gr. *ssö, (cf. I-E *g"iHo-wo-> *g"yöwos > Gr. zö(w)os, Gr. prosöpon from *protyökм' - < I-E *proti- Hot). The author believes that, through palatalization and hypheresis, the Mycenaean personal name ra-wi-zo/Lawi-kjos / > Gr. *Lawis-ssos> Gr. Lao-ssos and a-no-zo-jo/Arno-kjoio/:*Arno-ssoio (gen.sg) < *Arno- kjos (cf. arnos ‘water’) derived from I-E root *kiHo-wo-, “to set in motion”.