Re: Allegedly attested Dacian & Illyrian "cerb-"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001 <gs001ns@...>"
<gs001ns@...> wrote:

>
> >old Persian "sirwis (with k > s ) from this one loaned in finnish
> >"hirvi", Greek sergoi (interesting PIE k > s in Greek?), Lappisch
> >"c^uarvi", Lithuanian "karve",Russian "korova", etc. They are all
> >words from PIE *ker (Kopf, Horn, Gipfel).
>
> So, you imply that these words mean "cerb"? As far as the
> antlers ar of concern, I tend to agree; also considering
> the fact that the Hungarian word for "cerb" is "szarvaS",
> i.e. "antlers, Geweih carrier".
>
> >It can be that the "Ceraunes Mountain" meant just "The High
> >mountains".
>

This is interesting. Finnish.
hirvi = moose, elk
sarvi = antler, horn

Must have been borrowed seperatley?

How about?
harja = ridge, mane, brush
haarukka = fork
Any chance that they are also from the same word?

Peter