Re[3]: [tied] Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

At 12:28:48 PM on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

> From: Piotr Gasiorowski

>> Well, neither are sheep, yet there are IE words for
>> 'ewe', 'ram', 'lamb' and 'wool'.

> I'd be grateful to learn about these PIE words !?

Two, at least, seem fairly straightforward:

*h2egWnos 'lamb', with reflexes in Latin, Greek, Slavic,
Celtic, and Germanic.

*welh2- (Watkins) or *huelhn- (Beekes) 'wool', with reflexes
in Sanskrit, Avestan, Latin, Greek, Balto-Slavic, Celtic,
Germanic.

Brian