From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 5673
Date: 2001-01-21
> This is getting interesting. It looks as if Slavic reflexes of *k^euk^- might exist (in Polish there must have been some confusion with the similar-sounding and semantically close German loan Schuss). *k^euk^-ro- 'agile' (if this is what s^ustryj comes from) would go very well with ground squirrels (*k^ouk^-lo-s ? -- the apparent yer may be a late epenthesis). I'll see if similar names can be found elsewhere in IE.On the other hand, an etymological dictionary of Russian (not very reliable, but accidently not packed in the guarage) derives s^u'stryj from *seut-t-r-, *seut- being of the same IE *seut- as Lith. sia'ute.ti 'rage;behave violently'.
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> Piotr
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