Re: Res: Res: [tied] Origin of *marko- (was: Hachmann versus Kossack

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 57302
Date: 2008-04-14

On 2008-04-14 20:57, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> If there's no such cognate in Eastern Europe (at least NE Eurpe),
> Celts-German picked this word from where?

And why should this Celto-Germanic *marko- have to be connected with
<mori> etc.? A vague similarity involving short words with commonly
occurring consonants is hardly compelling.

Piotr