The IE story of the heart is not quite as easy as it might seem. See: Szemerényi, Oswald: "The Indo-European Name of the 'Heart'". Ruke-Dravina, Velta (ed.): Donum Balticum [FS Christian S. Stang]. Stockholm 1970, 515-533. Sven Sellmer, M.A. Seminar f. Orientalistik Abteilung f. Indologie Leibnizstr. 10 24118 Kiel Germany sellmer at indo.uni-kiel.de