Re: [tied] Horses

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From: João Simões Lopes Filho

To: cybalist@egroups.com

Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 3:37 AM

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

The Latin > French development was roughly as follows:

 

1. equus -- equa

2. cheval (< *caballus) -- ive (< *equa-)

3. cheval -- cavale

4. cheval -- jument ('pack horse' > 'mare')

 

Interestingly, *ekwa: was longer-lived than *ekwos also in Baltic (OLith. eSva/aSva 'mare').

 

Finally, Polish has feminine kobyLa 'mare/workhorse/nag' of disputed provenance but certainly related to caballus.

 

Yes, but I'm talking only about the masculine name. The feminine EQUA also exists in Portuguese, Egua, "mare".

 

Joao SL

Rio 

... Romanian has cal < caballu-, but also iapâ < equa-. Sardinian has ebba, too.

 

Piotr