Re: [tied] a(i)s-

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9968
Date: 2001-10-03

Well, it's an instrument name derived from *h2ar(h)- 'break the soil, plough'.
 
Piotr
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] a(i)s-

PIE *pl- becomes fl- in Germanic, so no.  The general word for plough,
*h2arhtrom, is not readily derivable from anything.