Re: [tied] water

From: P&G
Message: 43157
Date: 2006-01-30

>1. Is there any possibility that "aqua" is related to "akov" - the old
>Slavic measure for the weight of fluid?
>2. What about Slavic "okov" (fetter) and "potkov" - pod-okov (horse shoe)
>and Latin equus, equi (horse)?
>3. In Sanskit "apas" is "running water" (additional meaning is "sacred
>act"; Lat "pius") and in Slavic we have the verb "piti" (drink) and "pio si"
>(2.sing. perfect), "opio se" (3.sing. perfect); could it be related?

I had been expecting someone else to answer this.

Latin aqua and Latin equus are not connected.
aqua < *akW- (probably h2ekW-)
equus < *ek'w- (probably h1ek'w-)
Note that they have different laryngeals, and one has a single consonant,
while the other has a consonant cluster.

Sanskrit apas is a different root again , *ap- (presumably *h2ep-)

Peter