Re: (was The reason for Caesar's ...) HORSA vs. EXWA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Torsten" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> > Very interesting indeed. Are you suggesting the Mari forms
> > kə^ryə^ža- > kurža- could be the source of West IE
> > *kors- 'to run'? In that case, we can forget the connection with the
> > Germanic word for 'horse'.
>
> Actually to the Germanic word too. Don't forget that the FU-speaking
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenni
> and the Germanic-speaking
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scirii
> and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastarnae
> were neighbors.
>

Yes, I know. But your proposal seems to be very unlikely for chronological reasons. I'd rather link the Uralic verb to IE *kWel- 'to turn; wheel', Altaic *kHulo- 'to roll, to turn'.