Re: [tied] *ekwos and friends

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 12:05:01 -0700 (PDT), george knysh
<gknysh@...> wrote:

>Here are some words taken from Hrinchenko's Dictionary
>of the Ukrainian Language [1958, t. II, p. 292; t. IV,
>p. 330] which might have affinity to *ekwos (*EKuOS).
>I wonder if they are also present in other Slavic
>languages?:
>
>KOS'JA = "a small mare"
>KOS'KATY = "to call a horse hither"
>KOS' KOS' = the actual cry summoning a horse
>UKOS'KATY= "to tame a horse"
>KOS'JAK= "a small herd of horses"

*ek^wos would have given Slavic *eswU or *oswU.
I think Gamqrelidze & Ivanov mention some toponyms (m.i. Os'wie,cim in
Poland).