Re: [tied] Re: Boiotia < *bhoi- ? ... Cul-

From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 11244
Date: 2001-11-19

>
> Yeah, and that is a folk-etymology. Eric Hamp has demonstrated that
> Cul- actually comes from an Old Western Indo European root (perhaps
> ultimately a pre-IE substrate root) meaning "pig" (and not "sty").
>

examples?