Fallow Deer/ The Original *Kerwos?

[Hans-Werner Hatting]

On Wed, 16 May 2001 23:54:21 EDT Steve Long wrote:
>(BTW, in Slavic, deer is "jelen" (cf.,Pol.,"zielony", green, definitely not
>red; cf, Greek, "chalkeios")

Slavic "jelen'" is not connected to Polish "zielony". "jelen'" is originally
an n-stem formation (Proto-Slavic *el-en-) of the root PIE *el- (whither
"elm" and "elk"), which Watkins (AHD of IE roots s.v. el2-) quotes with an
original meaning "red, brown", while "zielony" goes back to a Slavic
"zelenu0-" ("u0" is to denote the back yer) belonging to the PIE root
*g'hel- "green, yellow".

Best regards,
Hans-Werner Hatting