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

I seem to remember that rational researchers made that claim :>

--- On Mon, 12/24/12, Tavi <oalexandre@...> wrote:

From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
Subject: [tied] Re: Words for Wild Sheep: multo, musimon, moufflon
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 24, 2012, 5:34 PM

--- 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.