Re: park, was *pVs- for cat

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

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> > Arnaud's suggestion as regarding Latin pergula leaded me

to PNEC *bVrk'wV 'enclosure,

> > frame; staircase', whose scarce attestation

among NEC languages makes it a likely Wanderwort.

>
> Pergula would be from *perga (vel sim) wouln't it?
>

I'd rather say from a stem *perg-.