Re: OT: an axe to grind
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 9, 2006, 23:55 |
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On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:49:01 -0500, Paul Bennett
<paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> rather strange-looking *pelek^u- as a PIE source. AHD has no such root,
> but does give *pel- ~ *pelA- as 'to thrust, strike, drive', though
> there's no suitable candidate for the second element.
I suppose *ek^uo- is a kind of allegorical, metaphorical candidate, come
to think of it. An axe head is vaguely reminiscent of a horse's head in
the right light...
Paul