[[formulas-SWIFT]], [[formulas-HORSE(S)]] --- [[buck-3.41-horse-generic]] + [[buck-14.21-fast-swift-quick]] PIE nom | `*h₁ōk̑éu̯-es h₁ék̑u̯-ōs` | swift swift-ies/-ones PIE acc pl | `*h₁ōk̑u-ms h₁ék̑u̯o-ms` | PIE gen pl | `*h₁ōk̑u̯-ōm h₁ék̑u̯-ōm`| Skt. | āśavas aśvās, *áśvāḥ āśávaḥ* | Ave. | āsauuō aspåŋhō | Grk. | ōkées híppoi | - [[alliteration]] `h₁-k̑-u̯-s` - The PIE word "horse" itself (`*hék̑u̯os` [311]) may have been related to `*hōk̑ú-` ("fast" [272]), and hence would have literally been "*The Fast One*" ([[klein-et2017-20]]). - The first of this pair of words is, probably, a suffixed noun of the same root of which the second word is a lengthened o-grade adjective. A noun and adjective pair deriving from a common root, and sharing the same base meaning like the [[formula--TO-SPEAK-A-SPEECH]]. ## Biblio [[platte2017]]ch1 [[schmitt1967]]p238