Re: [tied] snake, naga

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kalyan97@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:21 PM
> Subject: [tied] snake, naga
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> > na_ga means snake.
> >
> > Was the possibility of the words, 'snake' and 'na_ga' being

cognate

> > discussed on the list? In what messages? Thanks.
>
> Yes, several times, but the messages are difficult to locate. I've

found this one, but there's more somewhere:

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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/12002
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> In brief, Old Indic <na:ga-> may be related to Eng. naked via PIE

*nogW- 'naked', cf. Skt. nagna-), but <snake> (< *snak-o:n) is an
agent noun derived from a Germanic verb root meanig 'creep, crawl,
glide', without clear external connections.

The 'snake' form was also discussed im messages 7874, 7875, 7876 and
7902.

Richard.