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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

>
> If there's no such cognate in Eastern Europe (at least NE Eurpe),

Celts-German picked this word from where?

>
> JS Lopes
>
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 14 de Abril de 2008 15:20:44
> Assunto: Re: Res: [tied] Origin of *marko- (was: Hachmann versus

Kossack?)

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> On 2008-04-14 15:23, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
>
> > Any trace of a Balto-Slavic cognate of *marko-? Any *markas,

mraku?

> > How could the Central Asian word reach Western Europe without
> > intermediary steps?
>
> Nope. No such animal. There are, however, other interesting horsey

terms

> in Balto-Slavic, including OCS orI, Cz. or^ (perhaps = the first

element

> of OPr. ar-waykis 'foal'), possibly from *//h3er-// 'move fast' (as

in

> *h3ór-o:n 'bird'). Should we need another alternative etymology of
> *arya-, it would be easy to make them "horsemen" ;-)
>
> Piotr
>

Once again Piotr the Romanian word for this horse is MURG

Marius