Thread:User talk:Rua/ἡλίκος (hēlíkos, “which size”), *velikъ and suchlike

Wonderful, What was your reason for the revert?

I don't disagree with it. I wanted to take it to the ES later. The entries are confusing, helikos links *yos, Greek hos, but also confers to helix, that says it were uncertain, giving *swe- or *h2el-. There Lat. aequalis is also compared, which says "uncertain".

Doesn't a comparison suggest itself, or can you reject it off-hand? I do myself at least disagree with the presentation, but it's in line with the linked articles, "compare, cf." I thought.

There is *wel- "to grow" just the same, if I remember correctly, which matches both Slavic and Greek. The suffixes seem different at first, but neither is fully explained in these pages, that's usually the end of my research. Neither is my resort.

Instead I'm actually interested in a better explanation for PGem \*likaz, so it's really about the suffix. Although if there were a relation, it would be difficult to derive.

Should I take this to the ES, where more people pay attention?