Re: park, was *pVs- for cat

From: Tavi
Message: 68060
Date: 2011-09-19

Summing up, on the one hand we've got:

PIE *Hwer- 'to cover, to close' (with various suffixes)
Wanderwort *waranda: 'fence around a staircase, terrace, balcony'
PCeltic *warenn-,*waronn- 'enclosed field' (?)

Paleo-European *par(r)-
Latin parie:s 'wall'
West Romance *parra(n) 'fence; frame, enclosure'
West Germanic *parrik- 'fence'

and on the other:

PIE *gWer-
Latin veru:s 'spit', PCeltic *beru- 'spear, spit'
PCeltic *warra: 'post, prop', Romance barra 'bar; stick, pole'
West Romance *berruculu- 'bolt'

PIE *spar(r)-
PGermanic *spar(r)-e:n, *sparri-o:n 'stake, beam'
PGermanic *spir-u-, *spar-u-, *spir-a-, *sparr-a-, *sparr-e:n 'spear' (overlaps the former)
Latin sparus, sparum 'small spear, javeline'