[tied] Re: Hoof (was: to buy)

From: Peter P
Message: 20542
Date: 2003-03-29

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> How about this: the *kov- root was a noun meaning "hoof", as a verb
> it meant "to shoe a horse", later generalized to "strike" in
general?
>
> Torsten

In Finnish, kavio = hoof, but I don't know if this is related or not.

Peter

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