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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:
> PIE *wLkW- is a description of the effects of predators. It derives
from *wel-, 'wool/sheep') + *kWa, 'press together', in other words,
'the entity that causes the sheep to fearfully press together'.
*****
I always enjoy Patrick's etymologies, in the grand old tradition
of Varro and Isadore.
Does a herd of sheep press together when attacked by a wolf (or
wolves), or does it disperse? I don't know myself.
Dan