Re: [tied] Re: Non-IE elements in Scandinavian

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 3817
Date: 2000-09-18

Yes, but I'm talking only about the masculine name. The feminine EQUA also exists in Portuguese, Egua, "mare".
 
Joao SL
Rio
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Joao wrote:
The problem with reconstruction is that many non-IE word surely was adopted by PIE language, and passed through daughter-languages. Cf. Latin Caballus, that was not a Latin word, but substituted Latin Equus in all Neolatin languages (Portuguese Cavalo, French Chevau, Italian Caballo).
 
 
 
Not completely. Romanian has cal < caballu-, but also iapâ < equa-. Sardinian has ebba, too.
 
Piotr