Re: [tied] Rex-Raj-Rix

From: P&G
Message: 22126
Date: 2003-05-22

>Does the preservation of word *Re:g^-s in Celtic, Italic and Indic
demonstrate any >particular social meaning or it's just aleatory? May
represent a conservation of IE king in >these people?

No. The word survives, but that does not imply a unified social meaning.
We know that raja in Skt meant something quite different. This has been
discussed in JIES.

Peter