Re: Origin of *h2arh3-trom 'plough'

W dniu 2012-06-03 18:17, Tavi pisze:

> As proposed by Alinei, the word 'plough' would be an Iron Age Wanderwort
> related to Celtic **Flow-jo-* 'rudder'.

There are lots of words related to Celtic *Fluwio- ~ *Fluwi: (as it
should be reconstructed, cf. MW llyw, OIr. luí) all over the place. But
they are nautical, not agricultural, from the widespread root *pleu-
'sail, float'.

> But the word 'earth' would
> descend from the languge(s) spoken by the Neolithic farmers, so it would
> be related to the Afrasian word.

Non sequitur, if there ever was one.

Piotr