Re: Odp: Odp: Glen acknowledges Agricola as masculine, Mea culpa

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 1068
Date: 2000-01-22

Piotr wrote:
> Colere, colo, colui, cultum. You're right. Cult, culture & colony >are
>in this family; even pole is (Greek polos 'pivot, axis' is from >*kWolos).

So... if this colere is related to the Greek polos meaning "pivot, axis"...
wouldn't that mean that it derives from a *kWel- that means "to turn" and
NOT "to attend to" just as in "wheel"??

- gLeN
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