axe

[Patrick C. Ryan]

Dear Theo and IEists:

-----Original Message-----
From: Theo Vennemann <tvn at cis.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 3:54 PM

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>Gk. pe'lekus, Skt. paras'u'- is clearly Semitic (root family p-l-K- 'to
>split, to divide', which is pretty close to what you do with a battle-axe),
>and on account of its meaning is likely to be a wanderwort.   Pat

Would you be kind enough to explain why this is "clearly Semitic"?

Pat