Re: [TIED] E-lim-mi-nate the negative...

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From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>

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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:59 AM

Subject: Re: [TIED] E-lim-mi-nate the negative...

Glen asks:

> According to Burrows, he suggests that there was an adjective (I presume

> **wlkWo's) that is the basis of the

noun "wolf". What would **wlkWo's mean?

> What does the root **welkW-

signify?

No need to double-star *(s)welkW- 'drag, pull (also a plough), worry (as of dogs and wolves)'. The root survives e.g. in Slavic *welk- 'drag' (Polish inf. wlec < *welk-ti:, 3 sg. wlekę < *welk-oN). The zero grade *sw@...- can be seen in Latin sulcus, Old English sulh 'furrow'.

Piotr