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

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

> --- 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")

The Greek form could be regular from a form *ksl.wóm or *ksolwóm in
IE, I think.

- Rob