Horse argument revisited

Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv at WXS.NL
Sun May 10 20:31:07 UTC 1998


"Paul K. Manansala" <kabalen at MAIL.JPS.NET> wrote:
>
>Does IE have distinct words for wild and domesticated horses?

No.  There is a separate Celto-Germanic word *marko- (> E. "mare")
for what may have been a local NW European variety of the horse
(distinct from the steppe kind).


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl
Amsterdam





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