Re: Reindeer domestication : two origins

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins


>
> On 2008-12-14 20:12, Rick McCallister wrote:
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>> 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
>
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It's theoretically possible if you admit that H2 here is from *(d)z
I suppose you don't accept that
- *(d)z > H2 in western PIE
- *(d)z > y in eastern PIE
So it's not derivable within standard PIE framework.

A.