Re: PIE k^sewl-/k^selw-

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

> Is this plausible?
>
> PIE k^sewl-/k^selw- "log, wood"
>
> Latin silva
> Greek xylon
> Slavic su:la, su:ljI
> Baltic s^ulam
> Germanic su:l(j)o:(n), swiljo:, sauli-, swalo:
>

The ks-/s- alternation fits in with Beekes' pre-Greek.
Da. kævle "log"? (I hasten to add "substrate")


Torsten