Re: Yellow as an PIE word

From: tolgs001
Message: 18065
Date: 2003-01-25

>Yes, Skt. hari-, harit- (of which <harid-> is a sandhi variant),
>harita- and hiran.ya- as well as Avestan zari-, zairita- and
>zaraniia- (OPer. daraniya-) come from *g^Hel- znd are related
>to Eng. yellow and Lat. helvus.
>
>Piotr

(Hungarian <zöld> "green" must also be related
to these.) How about Romance _verde_?

George