Horse Sense (was: [tied] Re: Hachmann versus Kossack?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>
wrote:

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@>
> wrote:
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> > There is no word for horse that withstands a careful analysis.
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> *H1ek^wo- perfectly withstands careful analysis, with the
> irregularity of the Greek form being the sole exception.

And the Greek forms in question, Attic etc. <hippos>, Epidaurian
<hikkos>, can be understood as borrowings from P-Illyrian and Q-
Illyrian respectively, if we assume that Illyro-Japygian reflected PIE
*H1e- as *hi-, which accords well with the Messapic verb <hipades>
being compounded with the equivalent of Greek <epi->.

Douglas G. Kilday