Re: Semantic fields

From: Alexander Stolbov
Message: 402
Date: 1999-12-03

Piotr:
<<They may be distantly related to the *perx- root, but not in the way you
suggest. Hittite perunas means 'rock', so does pirwa-; and Skt. parvata- means
'mountain'. Pirwas was a Rock God (just like the Rolling Stones ;-)).>>


Are Hittite words "perunas" (rock) and "parku" (high) cognates?

Alexander

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