Cul- and pigs [was Re: Boiotia < *bhoi- ?]

> > 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?

I meant to actually write "Hamp has demonstrated that Cul- _might_
actually come from a root meaning "pig" (there are some doubts
still).

Hamp, "The Pig in Ancient Europe", in The Proto Indo Europeans: The
Archaeology of a Linguistic Problem (1986).

He would analyze Cul- as *keulV- and equate it with Lithuanian
kiaule "pig" (< *keulia) and Lith. kuilys "boar".

- Chris Gwinn