[tied] Re: PIE vestuary

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <smykelkar@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
> > Joao S. Lopes wrote:
> > >> krepis and kurpe... Common IE source or loanwords?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> And the word for "fabric, cloth":
> > >>
> > >> Latin pannus "fabric", Greek pe:nos "cloth", OE fana "banner" < PIE
> > >> *peH2n-?
> >
> > and Rom. "pânzã" where "-zã" was presumabely a suffix now not felt as
> > such anymore.
> >
> > Alex

Also,

Sanskrit: purna-->generally meaning a leaf.
Marathi/Hindi: patti a long strip of cloth
and Marathi: paan, which meant cloth centuries ago. Now it means a
leaf or even a piece of paper.

M. kelkar