Re: [tied] Yellow as an PIE word

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 18071
Date: 2003-01-25

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:
> kalyan97@... wrote:> >
> > Sanskrit has some compounds which indicate harid- as the
> > root, 'greenish-yellow', e.g.,
> > haridvarn.a, `of a yellowish golden colour'
> > haridambara , `wearing a yellow or green garment'
> > > > Is harid- relatable to *g^Hel- ?
> > > > Mr. Kalyanaraman, what should mean "dvarn" and " dambara"
here?> Should it be "dvarn"= colour and " dambara"= garment?

Yes, varn.a = colour; ambara = garment.