From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60276
Date: 2008-09-24
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
>>> At 12:07:30 PM on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, Arnaud
>>> Fournet wrote:
>
>>>> PIE kad = kill.
>> i would suggest Pokorny 516.
>
> Which has *ka(:)d- 'schädigen, berauben, verfolgen', *kadH-
> 'hüten, schützend bedecken', and k^ad- 'fallen'. I know;
> I'd already checked. I'd not gloss any of those 'kill',
> though I assume that you mean the first one.
>
> Brian
>
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You have not checked far enough.
in the PIE database of Starling.rinet.ru
Proto-IE: *kad-
Meaning: to injure, to harm
Old Indian: kadana- n.`destruction, killing, slaughter'; cakada kadanam `to
kill or hurt'
Are killing and slaughter not related to "kill" ?
And what about Latin cada:ver ?
Arnaud