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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, gwalstawd <gwalstawd@...> wrote:
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> I have trawled through the DIL looking for a possible cognate but
have failed. This may be due to my lack of rigour.
The word might be related to *k^el (Pokorny #889, pp552-3) 'thin
shaft, stalk', but I can't see how that helps decide between a
Graeco-Latin and a native origin.
Richard.