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

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 70980
Date: 2013-02-25

There was an Anatolian root for horse that began with s-, someone will remember it

--- On Sun, 2/24/13, Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...> wrote:

From: Joao S. Lopes <josimo70@...>
Subject: Re: [tied] Greek hippos < ek^wos... or not?
To: "cybalist@yahoogroups.com" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 3:32 PM

 

You're right, I forgot to mention it: hippos < *sikWkWo-? *yikWkWo- ? The cluster -pp- is very uncommon in Greek. As a variant of -kk-, we can compare it to lakkos < *lak-wo-s. Could Finish hevonen (<hepo-) be related?

JS Lopes


De: Bhrihskwobhloukstroy <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...>
Para: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Enviadas: Domingo, 24 de Fevereiro de 2013 17:16
Assunto: Re: [tied] 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
>