Re: [tied] Artemis and the Bear (long)

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski

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Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:58 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Artemis and the Bear (long)

 

Joao wrote:

 

Can Celt *tasko-/tazgo- suggest a *tagsku- ? *tagzu-?

 

I think the -sk-/-zg- alternation (and the -sk-/-ks- metathesis) are just those little disorderly things that often happen to animal names, which tend to be morphologically unmotivated and dialectally variable.

 

As I said in a previous e-mail I think Greek trokhos "badger" can be a metathesis of *tokhros < *toks-ros

 

Isn't it simpler to derive it from trekho: 'move quickly'?

 

Piotr