Re: [tied] Re: Velesu/Volosu

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:19:41 -0400, Jim Rader <jrader@...>
wrote:

>Benveniste argued in _Le vocabulaire des institutions indo-
>européennes_ ("Le bétail et l'argent") that the earliest meaning of
>*pek^u was "movable property" rather than specifically "cattle." If he is
>correct, then this too falls within the second development.

I don't know what Benveniste's reasoning is based upon, but it's certainly
possible. On the other hand, the possible connection between *pek^u- and
words for "comb" (*pkten-) leaves open the possibility that *pek^u- really
denoted sheep, originally.

=======================
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...