--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> Alright now. Considering for a moment that AbAd loaned its "horse"
word from a satem term *ec'was, where could *ekwo- originally be
from? I don't like unetymologized words. Could there be some verb
root **ok- "to run(?)" that became lengthened to produce *o:ku-
"quick" on the one hand but *ekwos on the other (via an earlier **?
kwos with accent on the last syllable)?
You're not the only one to think along these lines. If you haven't
already seen it (e.g. under 'Aryan Non-Invasion Theory'), see Section
4.3 in
http://koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/articles/keaitlin2.htm. It
suggests a deriviation from *eku-/oku- "swift".
Richard.