Re: [tied] Indo-European animals.

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:22:48 +0200, "Yves Deroubaix"
<yves_deroubaix@...> wrote:

>I am still seeking for words in Indo-European languages based on the following roots: *ekwo- (horse), *kwon- (dog), *owi- (sheep), *gwou- (cow) and *su- (pig). Would someone please be so kind to fill the following leaks?
>
>Hittite:

*ekwo-, (--)
*kwon- ~ <{LU}ku(wa)n-> "dog-people"
*owi- (--)
*gwou- (--)
*su- (--)

>Tocharian B:

*kwon- <ku> (Acc. <kweM>) "dog"

>Old Irish:

*su- (--)

>Lithuanian:

*su- (--) [There are Latvian & OPrussian reflexes]

>Old Church Slavonic:

*kwon- (--)
*gwou- <gove,z^dI> "of cattle" (from unattested *<gove,do> "head of
cattle")
*ekwo- (--)

>Albanian:

*ekwo- (--)
*kwon- (--)
*owi- (--)
*gwou- [Maybe <ka> "cow", with unexpected k- for g-]
*su- <thi> "pig"

>Armenian:

*ekwo- <e:s^> "donkey"
*su- (--)

>Gothic:

*gwou- (--)
*ekwo- ~ aihwatundi "bramble" (*horse-tooth)
*su- <swein> (*su-i:n-) "pig"

>Are there Old High German, Old English or Old Saxon words based on the root *ekw-?

OE <eoh> "horse", OS <ehu-skalk> "horse servant"