Re: Words for Wild Sheep: multo, musimon, moufflon

From: Tavi
Message: 70624
Date: 2012-12-24

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister wrote:
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> We looked at this years ago and I seem to remember that the Celtic root meant "soft"
>
No, it doesn't. There's, however, *meldo- 'mild, pleasant' ~ *mlido- 'soft', which is phonetically similar.