Re: is the word «ax» from a non IE root?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "siglo_20th_century"
<siglo_20th_century@...> wrote:

> Someone told me that ax, although spread through the IE family, is
> really a borrowing from an outer language. This should have

happened

> in prehistoric times. If so any ideas where it may come from?

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From Buck's "Synonyms":
Grk. 'pelekus': Skt. 'paracu', both early loanwords fr. a source
represented by Akkad. 'pilakku', Sumer. 'balag' "axe".
Dan