Re: Fw: [tied] Pferd

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 3:00:32 PM on Monday, August 6, 2007, fournet.arnaud
> wrote:

> > Note that Irish has crann "tree" and Breton" has prenn
> > "tree" from *kwr-enn.
>
> From PCelt. *kWresno- 'wood, tree', according to Matasovic,

How would that become crann?

> from PIE *kWres-; OE <hyrst> is cognate

I'd say it's from *kart+ 'bend > be strong/hard' (also 'bend >
plait/twist/weave etc.') like kástanos, similar to the relation
between *d.oru and its derivatives meaning 'hard, wood, tree'.