Re: [tied] Cows and milk

Vieux Breton Bu (Boeuf). Cornique Bugh (Vache). Ecossais/Irlandais Bo. Irlandais Búir (Mugir) Gallois Buwch (Veau). Moyen Gallois Bu (Vache). Gallois Bugunad (Beugler). Manx Buirroogh (Mugir)

Latin Bovis. Grec Bodi/Bous (Bœufs). Espagnol Buei. Portugais Boi. Roumain Bou.

Le Germanique a donné Kwon. Vieil Anglais Cu : Cow. Danois/Frisien Ko. Néerlandais Koe. Norvégien Ku. Suédois Ko. Letton Govs.  Le Germanique a aussi donné Bulluka : Anglais Bullock (Taureau)

Arménien Kov. Avestan Gava. Sanskrit Gaus. Summérien Gu. Tokarien Ko.

Bulgare/Russe Bol. Ukrainien Bil. Serbo-Croate Vo. Tchèque Vul.

Albanais Bulë (Il/Mâle).

* Non Indo Européen

Basque Behi (Vache).

Turque Boga (Taureau).

* Milk

Proto Celtic = Glaxta/Laxton (Welsh Laeth)

                   = Megos/Melgos/Mligo/Mlixtu

Old French Mégauder (to suck)

<*g&lagt- ?

cf. Greek gale:, Latin glis

Or < *dglagt- ?

 

Joao SL

tegnalos <tegnalos@...> escreveu:

Does anybody know which PIE root the Latin noun vacca (cow) came from?

Besides, there's question that I find interesting. Why most linguists
don't seem to agree in the identification of a single PIE noun
for 'milk'? I've read about Sanskrit "dugdha" (milk), apparently
derived from a root duh-. Is that right? This word indeed doesn't seem
to be related at all with the root *melg- / *mlg- (Latin mulgere 'to
milk', Proto-Slavic melko 'milk', Proto-Germanic meluk 'milk', Albanian
mjelë 'to milk', etc.) However, why another root *glagt- has been
proposed to explain Latin lac, lactis 'milk' and Greek gala,
galaktos 'milk'? Am I the only one to whom all these forms (sharing the
internal sequence -lg-) look somewhat similar?

Thanks

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