Re: who are indus people?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Kishore patnaik" <kishormohan@...>
wrote:

> Forgive me for my ignorance but are we coming to conclusions based on
> the current meanings of the words?

> > Arnaud
> > What about good old PIE H-kw "eye" ?
> > Latin oculus
> > Greek ophthalmos
> > ka:na < *kalna from *Hkwol-n- (ln > retroflex n)
> > with a particular semantic development : eye > squint-eye.

We're discussing the possibility of _ka:n.a_ coming from a PIE root.
It's well known that meanings drift a lot in this semantic area. The
meanings are only relevant for plausibility.

Richard.