Re: Origin of *h2arh3-trom 'plough'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> I'm wondering about the relationship between plow and plug
> I think it would be more logical for plow to be named for the plug

shape --as we see in French soc "plow"

> Gaulish sukkos "pig" (vel sim.).
>

Rick, in despite of his phonetic resemblance, 'plough' and 'plug' are
semantically worlds apart. Originally, a plug was a kind of wooden peg
or nail, found for example at the bottom of chess pieces so they could
stand up in despite of shaking movements (especially when travelling).

http://www.thechesspiece.com/proddetail.asp?prod=TravelChess66Drawer