From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 5755
Date: 2001-01-25
>A new thought has just occurred to me. What do mountains have in common with oaks? They are big. Hittite parku- means 'high, tall'. I've seen it etymologised in various ways, but why nor simply *prkW-ú-, hence the noun *perkW-u- '*tall tree, oak' and the Germanic "mountain" word (Gothic ferguni, OE firgen). I wonder if there is any good evidence for the *kW at all. What about reconstructing simply *prk-ú-, *perk-u-s, *perk-u:n(j)o-?Indeed, *prkW-ú- with *-u after *-kW- would be a problem. And I think