Re: Res: [tied] "Five Different Indo-European roots for 'horse'"

> >
> > The five roots are:
> >
> > *marko in Old Welsh march
> > *kurs in OE hors
> > *a2er in Lithuanian arklys
> > *kob in OCS konj
>
> ****GK: Actually, Coleman places a "?" after *kob-,
> which to my layman's eyes suggests that he is not
> certain that *kob- is the right root for the Slavic
> word.*****

Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog derives Da. hoppe n. ODa., Nw. id.,
Sw. dial. hoppa "mare" from hoppe v. "hop", which I find odd.
Perhaps this is where Est. hobune, Fin. hepo-, hevonen fit in?

> > *ekwos Latin equus, Vedic asvah

Torsten