V. V. Ponaryadov. The distribution of words for ‘saddle’ in the Indo-European languages (pp. 728–736)

Author

V. V. Ponaryadov (Institute of Language, Literature and History, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Keywords\n Indo-European languages, the words for ‘saddle’

Pages\n 728–736

Summary\n

The paper discusses the etymologies of words for ‘horse riding saddle’ in different Indo-European languages. Whereas the main bulk of the Indo- European languages demonstrate a wide variety of such names, the striking uniformity of words for ‘saddle’ as well as for its constituent parts in the Slavic, Germanic and Romance languages seems anomalous. It is argued that such a peculiarity could arise only in specific historical conditions within the Migration Period.

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