Re: Starostin's proposed etymology for *hek'u_o- 'horse'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" wrote:

>
> Hmmm. Actually, this proposal gave me some useful material for

thought.

> The word 'horse' has been often linked to the IE adjective

*h1o:k´u-

> 'fast', so I guess Paleo-European *akw-a: is related to the latter and
> means 'running water'.
>

Please notice there's no "laryngeal" colouring in either word. In
particular, reconstructing *h2- for 'water' as if it were a native IE
word (it's not) would be *incorrect*.