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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

>
> --- 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.

What chronological reasons?

> I'd rather link the Uralic verb to IE *kWel- 'to turn; wheel',
> Altaic *kHulo- 'to roll, to turn'.

I am pretty sure that at the time my chronology suggests the loan took place horses didn't have wheels.


Torsten