Re: [tied] Re: Wanak

At 2:01:00 PM on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, Anders R.
Joergensen wrote:

> Just to make it clear, the Celtic root is usually
> reconstructed as *aneg-. This is the only way to account
> for the reflexes, e.g. Gaul. anextlo- (*aneg-tlo-), OIr.
> anaig, aingid 'protects' (< *aneg-e-t(- i)), anacul
> 'protection'.

> I haven't seen anything really convincing concerning the
> etymology of this Celtic *aneg-.

Do you know why Matasovic derives it from *h1egH- (Latin
<egeo:> 'I lack', ON <ekla> 'a dearth')?

Brian