Re: [tied] vulpes and lupus (was Evening/Night *wekwer-o-)

It seems to be roots *luk- wlkWo-, wlp-, l(o:)up-, with meanings "wolf", "jackal", "fox", "cat". The relationship between all is still enigmatic.

1) *wlp- Lit. vilpis^is (wild cat) Lat vulpes(fox) PGer wulfaz(wolf)? Lit lapë (<vlap-<wlop-)

2) *(H)lo:up-/lu:p-/lo:p Sansk lopas^ah (fox,jackal,<*loup-nk^-) Celtic louarno-(fox) Arm. lues Grk. alo:pe:x Lat. lu:pus? Slavic lasi-(*las<lôp-si,weasel?)

3) *wlkwos {wolf} Lit vilkas Sansk vrkas Avest. v&hrko Slavic vlIkU CGerm wulfaz Grk lykos Lat lu:pus Sabinian hirpus Albanian ulk

Joao SL

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Subject: [tied] vulpes and lupus (was Evening/Night *wekwer-o-)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@......> wrote: > Miguel Carrasquer wrote: > > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 23:22:58 +0100, alex > > <alxmoeller@......> wrote: > > > >> There is actually the IE *lukos" > > > > Actually *wl.'kWos, in a number of languages simplified to > > *lúkWos. > > true for IE. *lukWos paralel with *wl.kWos and from *wl.kWos > > > > >> which could make a plural *luki > > > > *lúkWoi. > > > > > > ======================= > > Miguel Carrasquer Vidal > > mcv@... > > true for IE, not true for some daugether languages. Are there some > thoughts of you that the ancient "ki" versus "pi" from the example given > (Ulpiana/Ulciana) is absolutely independent and has nothing to do with > the alternance of "ki" with "pi" which is today stil alive? If yes, I > assume there are very strong reasons and the explanation will follow. > > Alex You've started discussion about wolves. Ok. Could anybody explain lith. la~pe:, Latin vulpes and Lith. vilkas, Lat. lupus... It makes view that Latin counterchanged these twoo words...