Re: [tied] Re: Fire and the naughty little squirrel

But in Latin *wer- gave viverra "ferret" - a burrow animal.

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From: Sergejus Tarasovas <s.tarasovas@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Fire and the naughty little squirrel


> --- In cybalist@egroups.com, "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:
> > >It's a good question: is there some PIE name for marmot or ground
> squirrel
> >
> > Yes. Pokorny offers (13) *wer- (usually reduplicated) = squirrel,
> polecat,
> > marten, and the like (page 1166).
>
> And the like. The point is here - the root is too polysemantic to be
> relevant. Eg, it's (indeed reduplicated) descendants mean '(red)
> squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)' in Baltic (*va:ver-) and Slavic (*ve^ver-
> ). But a burrow and a tree is not the same...
>
> Sergei
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