Talk:गोपाल

@JohnC5: I would like this word to be related to βουκόλος (boukólos). Could you make that happen? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 19:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

@Per utramque cavernam: It would be easier if the two words were directly related. This sadly has the disadvantage of being false, so I don't know what to tell you. —*i̯óh₁nC^[5] 21:49, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

I realize the above statement may have read as snarky. Oops. —*i̯óh₁nC^[5] 02:56, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

@JohnC5: I was unsure, but chose not to read it that way :p (my message was pretty stupid anyway, so you'd have had every right to be snarky) --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 10:30, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

The constituent parts here are *gʷṓws and *peh₂- (“to protect”); not *gʷṓws and *kʷól-os. -- माधवपंडित (talk) 01:53, 15 January 2018 (UTC)