Re: HORSA vs. EXWA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" wrote:

>
> > NEC *XHVr[ts´]V 'marten; otter'
> > Altaic *karsi 'fox, marten'
>
> > This evidence suggests this word has a palatal(ized)
> > affricate, variously rendered into t,kt,ks,s in individual
> > IE languages. There's no "thorny cluster" here.
>
> A perfect match with the standard PIE reconstruction is
> obviously to be preferred to an asserted but unsupported
> genetic relationship with vaguely similar non-PIE words with
> vaguely similar meanings. Your 'evidence' is moonshine.
>
> > Unfortunately, this word isn't "PIE" (i.e. Kurganic) at all,
>
> The evidence says otherwise.
>

Not "the evidence" but the *ortodox theory* of which you're such a fervent supporter.