Dologopolsky's new book : `marten'

[Richard Coates]

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From: "Richard Coates" <richardc at cogs.susx.ac.uk>
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> Larry Trask <larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk> wrote:
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> >The proposed cognate sets await the attention of specialists in the
> >relevant languages.  Certainly some of the PIE comparanda cited are
> >new to me, such as PIE *<bhel-> `marten' and *<kat-> `wickerwork,
> >wattle-fence', but I'm no IEist, and I may just be ignorant.
>
> *bhel- doesn't ring a bell, unless it's Russ. belka "squirrel".  *kat-
> is OK, except of course for the /a/: Lat. catena, casa and several
> others.
>
 
Also in Celtic (W. bele, bela(u) `marten').
 
 
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