Fallow Deer/ The Original *Kerwos?

Brian M. Scott bmscott at stratos.net
Tue May 22 07:30:45 UTC 2001


On 16 May 2001, at 23:54, X99Lynx at aol.com wrote:

>  (BTW, in Slavic, deer is "jelen" (cf., Pol.,"zielony", green,
> definitely not red; cf, Greek, "chalkeios") which might connect it
> to the "yellow deer" which is what the fallow is called in Iran.
> "Fallow" might even suggest the same color connection.)

Aren't <jel-> and <ziel-> here just the expected reflexes of PIE *el-
and *g^hel- resp.?  And if so, how is Pol. <zielony> relevant?

Brian M. Scott



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