Re: [tied] Re: Indo-European for Uralic speakers

16-09-03 15:30, tgpedersen wrote:

> Thank you Glen. I was having my weekly non-laryngeal day. BTW, turns
> out "handle" (on eg. cauldron) is *ans- (*h2ans-). All this material
> for punning must have caused much Celtic anhilarity.

If only the Celts had had it. Alas, the *h2ans- root doesn't seem to be
attested in Celtic. But Latin has <ansa> 'handle' and <anser> 'goose'.
Geese and cauldrons ... a goose cult? .... Capitoline geese? The plot
thickens ;-)

Piotr