the proto-indo-european word for horse, ekwos (which shows up in other indo-european languages, such as the latin equus and the greek ἵππος), very possibly comes from an adjective h₁eḱus, meaning “swift”
so basically at some point people were coming up with a word for horse and they were like "it’s the thing that goes nyoom”
proto-indo-european dude #1: hmm what should we call this animal PIE dude #2: let’s call them Speedy Boys cause theyre fast PIE dude #1: shit dude they sure are
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