Lat. fascis (was Re: [tied] Re: Clarification for short story)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> Could this sense of "grass, cushion, bundle" make these words
> cognate of Latin fascis "bundle"? fascis < *farscis <*bHarg^H-ski- ?

I couldn't say. However 'The American Heritage Dictionary of
Indo-European Roots' lists 'fascis' under the root 'bhasko-'.

David