Re: [tied] Re: root *pVs- for cat [and explanation of "pferd"]

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> 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

****GK: Grateful neighs(:=))****

>
>

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