From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 5656
Date: 2001-01-20
> I am sure you'll think of the most likely explanation before I answer ;) -- the second *s (maybe the first as well, if it's some kind of reduplication) < *k^. If the name is old enough, it derives from something like *souk^ulo- (or *k^ouk^ulo-), quite possibly of onomatopoeic origin (as far as I know, ground squirrels go "tsik-tsik" or "sik-sik" when alarmed).Thank you for your patience, this k^ exception just escaped me. As for k^ouk^-ul-o-, there's an interesting counterpart in Lithuanian: s^iaus^uly~s 'a shiver' (<*k^e(:)uk^-ul-i-), akin to s^ia'us^ti 'to bristle (up)' (<*k^e:uk^-).
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> Piotr