Re: Res: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins

--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> Subject: Re: Res: [tied] Reindeer domestication : two origins
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 3:56 PM
> On 2008-12-15 21:32, Joao S. Lopes wrote:
> >
> >
> > krios "ram"
> > hrinthar- "cow"
> > s^r.nga "horn"
> > xerut- "deer, stag"
> > kerambos, terambos "stagbeetle"
> >
> > Are they independent developments from same root
> k^erh- "head, horn", or
> > may represent diverse PIE names from horned beasts?
>
> Some of them can't be derived from *k^erh2-. It seems
> that
> *k^erh2(-ser/n-) means basically 'head', while most
> 'horn(ed)' words are
> derived from *k^erh2w- (cervus, *xerut-, Slavic *korva
> 'cow', etc.),

and Slavic kurva?

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