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Indo-European word origins in proto-Indo-European (PIE) language (view source)
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=== Animals === | === Animals === | ||
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| *ék̂wos "horse", "fast animal" | | *ék̂wos ("horse", "fast animal") | ||
|| | || '''horse''' | ||
|| | || hors (from proto-Germanic "harss" | ||
|| | || equus | ||
|| | || equine, equestrian | ||
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Note that the PIE root "'''kers-'''" may also be a root for "horse," as "kers" leads to words for "to run" such as the Latin "''currere;'' the "k" sound may have shifted to "h" leading to "horse". | |||
Whatever that connection, we get words from "kers-" that are associated with movement, including: | |||
car, career, cargo, carriage, carry, charge, chariot, concourse, course, corral, current, cursive, cursor, discourse, excursion, incur, intercourse, occur, precursor, recur | |||
"Hippopotamus" comes from Greek for horse, "hippo" as in "river horse" | |||
|| cheval (horse) | |||
courir (to run) | |||
|| caballo (horse) | |||
correr (to run) | |||
|pferd (horse) | |||
|asva (horse) | |||
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| *gʷōus "cattle"[i][10 | | *gʷōus "cattle"[i][10 | ||
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| *k̂won- | | *k̂won- (hound, dog) | ||
|| | || '''dog''' | ||
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|| canine | |||
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|péḱu (livestock) | |péḱu (livestock) | ||
|''' | |'''property''' | ||
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|pecu | |pecu | ||