Celtic word for horse
Brian M. Scott
BMScott at stratos.net
Sun Mar 5 02:06:37 UTC 2000
X99Lynx at aol.com wrote:
> With regard to *equus reflexes in Celtic, of course each of the languages
> above also has a <marko-> word for horse. But it make me wonder how
> forgiving this analysis should be - since I see a complete absence of *ekwos
> in Breton, NIr and Manx.
Breton <ebeul> 'colt', NIr <each> 'a horse, a steed', and
I assume Manx <eagh> 'riding horse, steed, racehorse'.
Brian M. Scott
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