Re: [tied] PIE blood

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Piotr Gasiorowski"
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] PIE blood
>
>
> The basic 'blood' term in PIE is
> *h1esh2-r/*h1esh2-(e)n- (e.g.
> Hitt. eshar, eshan-, Skt. �sRk, asn�H, Latv. asinis
> [pl.], Gk.
> e:ar). The derivation of <sanguis> is somewhat
> problematic.
> One current view, which I, for one, am reluctant to
> accept, is
> that it represents *h1sh2(e)n-gW- > *sangW-, the
> above root
> with an "extension" allegedly appearing also in Skt.
> asRk
> (asRg) < *h1esh2r-gW. This is too convoluted for my
> taste,
> which doesn't mean that I have a better idea.
>
> Piotr

*****GK: I gather that the Slavic term for blood (e.g.
Urk. 'krov') comes from a different root. In my Latin
Dictionary under 'cruor' there is a note about Av.
xru, meaning "bloody flesh". What would be the PIE
root here?*****




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