Re: Greek hippos < ek^wos... or not?

You seemingly don't mention a third possibility: that hippos comes
from another PIE root

2013/2/24, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>:

> Is it sure to consider Greek hippos < *ek^wos, despite its clear irregular
> shift? Would we expect *epos, instead of hippos? Does hippos come from
> another IE language, or has it no relation to PIE root. Coincidence or not,
> the builder of Trojan Horse was called Epeios, is it a clue for an obsolete
> *epos in older Greek?
>
> JS Lopes
>