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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" wrote:
>
> The verb kal-ite is obviously from IE *kelH- 'to raise', but kar-ite
> must be a loanword from Etruscan car- 'to make' (cfr. car-u 'made').
>
This is from IE *kWer- 'to make, to build' > Sanskrit karóti, imp.
kuru, kºrn.óti- 'to do, to make'. In some IE languages, this
lexeme refers to magic, as in Celtic *kWritu- 'magical transformation,
shape'.
This is also the origin of Cisalpine Gaulish karnitu 'he built' (Todi),
wrongly linked to Celtic *karno- 'heap of stones' by specialists.