Re: [tied] tomb

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Alexander Stolbov" <astolbov@...>
wrote:

>
> Indeed, the towers played a very special role in life and culture
> of the North East Caucasian people (both Nakh and Dagestanian) -
> actually it was the general and universal type of house which was
> used as a home, a cattle-shed, a fortress, a watch tower.

While on the subject, sort of, the Ossetian tower of this type is
called mæsyg (pl. mæsgwytæ). What might be the I.E. root of this
word, maybe the zero-grade of Pokorny's #1277 men- 'to tower'?

David