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

not "PIE", just "Rest-IE" (different from Restindogermanisch, of
course!). Whether *kers- meant 'run' or 'horse' is good speculation,
and nothing forbids that Germanic shows a more archaic meaning. A
comparison with NEC and Yeniseian is welcome, provided the regularity
of the correspondences involved. But nothing of this can lead to the
unduly conclusion that inner-IE relationships are tighter than
outer-IE ones (I'm translating German "ausserindogermanische
Verhaeltnisse")

2012/3/1, Tavi <oalexandre@...>:

> --- 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'.
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> 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'.
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