Domesticating the Horse

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

>X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

>A number of Greek historians tell us the Celtic word for horse was <marka>,
>never mentioning <equus> or <hippos> or any other name.

-- wrong, and completely wrong at that.  Eg., the following Celtic words for
"horse", deriving from *ekwos:

Old Irish:  ech
Gaulish:    epo (plus "equos", as the name of a month)
Welsh       ebol (colt)

You really should be more careful... 8-).