Re: Fw: [tied] Pferd

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> The rook *kwr- for "oak" also exists in LAtin :

> Cassanos may be from assimiled kwrs > kwss- > kass-
> if one accepts : kw- > ka- as in canis

Are you saying this occurs in Gaulish?

> All these words share an (obvious) connection, even though it is not

(yet) received theory.

I'd say Cassano- is more likely connected with Greek kástanos
'chestnut tree', etc.