Re: Comparative Notes on Hurro-Urartian, Northern Caucasian and Indo

At 2:19:15 PM on Thursday, September 25, 2008, Andrew
Jarrette wrote:

[...]

> An aside: The words for "axle" in many IE languages,
> including the English word and Latin <axis> among others,
> I assume derives from the root *ag^- "to drive".

Watkins, at least, derives <axis> and <axle> from a
different root, *ak^s-. Also Latin <a:la> 'wing, upper arm'
(< *axla).

Brian