Re: [tied] Re: root *pVs- for cat

On 2007-07-26 13:17, george knysh wrote:

> ****GK: Sorry to ask in passing (if this was answered
> before I lost it in the avalanche of information):
> does this include "pferd" the 'horse' word?****

Yes. It comes from Lat. paravere:dus 'horse for special occasions', a
word with a highly international etymology, the prefix <para-> being
Greek and <vere:dus> 'post-horse' borrowed from Gaulish (Celt.
*wo-reidos). The same word gave Mediaeval Lat. palafre:dus > OFr.
palefrei > Eng. palfrey.

Piotr