From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 18724
Date: 2003-02-11
PIE *k^ermon- > Lithuanian s^ermuo (weasel) CGermanic *harman (weasel, cf. ermine). Akin to Grk kerdos(fox, weasel)?
PIE or Proto-Balto-Slavic *storos > Slavic storu = Lit. staras (hamster)
PIE *sus-eX ?
Russian suslik (Citellus, ground squirrel) Polish susel/ (shrew) < *SLavic susIlI ?
Lat so:rex (shrew) < *susac- ?
Grk hyrax (shrew) < *sus-rak- ?
PIE *s-kreHw-
Slavic krUtU (mole) :-Russian krot Czech krtek Polish kret "mole"
akin to Slavic krysa <*kru:k^a?
or OE scræwaz (shrew) < *skrae:waz < *skre:wos ?
Joao SL
Rio