Domesticating the Horse

[Stefan Georg]

>>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-).

Excuse me, but do the Greek historians mention the Old Irish and Welsh
words ? I'd be surprised, if they did, so the statement above is not really
touched by your assertion that it is "completely wrong"  ...

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