Re: raj / rex

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jack Angstreich <angstreich@...>
wrote:

> I thought the link between Indo-Aryan "raj" and Latin "rex" had
> been debunked by Scharfe but the new Leiden "Etymological Dictionary
> of Latin" lists these as cognates; am I mistaken about the
> scholarly consensus on this?

See Scharfe's paper I have just uploaded in the Files section (file
name: Scharfe, H. - The Vedic Word for 'King').

See also the related discussion of PIE *h3rég^-s ~ *h3rég^-on by
Mallory & Adams at

http://tinyurl.com/6xumpx

Regards,
Francesco