Re: The reason for Caesar's obtaining the two Gauls as province

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

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> Yes, I'm sure. It's the Celtic match to Latin currus, both from PIE *krso-s 'runner', root *kers- 'run'
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IMHO IE-ists put the cart before the horse, so to speak. I think the original meaning of this root was precisely 'horse', as reflected in Germanic *xurs-a-/*xrus-a-, with external cognates in Yeniseian *ku?s 'horse', NEC *GwHo:r[tS']o 'deer, game' and Spanish corzo 'roe deer'.

This isn't the only case where a Germanic word is chronologically older than a "PIE" root. A good example would be *xandu- 'hand', which corresponds to a fossilized IE root *k´ºmt- 'hand' found in the IE numerals '1o' and '100'.