Re: [tied] Wolf, varg

----- Original Message -----

From: Daniel J. Milton

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:47 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Wolf, varg

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@......>
wrote:
> The earliest PIE word for 'wolf' was almost certainly *wa:ilos, or a
word built on its base.
>
>
> Patrick
************
   I always like to learn things that are almost certain.  Why
*wa:ilos and not the *wlkwo- or thereabouts I usually see?
Dan

The first and strongest reason is that *wL-kWo-s is a compound.

 

Technically, so is *wa:-i-lo-s, 'wailer', but 'wail' is a derivation from pre-PIE *wa:-, 'wolf'.

 

 

Patrick 


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