Pferd

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> 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). []

Actually, it's Celtic *wer-reidos, not *wo-; you ride on top of a
horse, not underneath it :-)

Jens