Re: Reindeer domestication : two origins

--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Subject: Re: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 5:01 PM
> On 2008-12-14 20:12, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > So, taking into account the antlers, is it related to
> horn? or to
> > roe(buck)/ Or is it related to roan, the color?
>
> Not to <roe>, which reflects OE ra:, ra:(h)a <
> *raix-an- (no initial
> dorsal). Nor <roan>, which represents a loan returned
> (Romance, from
> Germanic *rauðan- 'red'). A connection with
> <horn> is supported by
> Pokorny, but how can one derive *k^roi-no- from *k^erh2-??
>
> Piotr

zero-grade? *k^rh2- + ???