From: Glen Gordon
Message: 2506
Date: 2000-05-23
>>According to Burrows, he suggests that there was an adjective (I >>presumeA million thanks :) That problem had been rackin' me for years.
>>**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. wlek�� < *welk-oN). The >zero grade *sw@...
>can be seen in Latin sulcus, Old English sulh >'furrow'.