Re: [tied] Bronze.

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 4284
Date: 2000-10-12

 
----- Original Message -----
From: João Simões Lopes Filho
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Bronze.

 
Joao: Have Ibero-Celtic s'ilaPur' any equivalent in Celtic languages?
 
I don't think so. They all (even Gaulish) have the usual IE word for silver: *arganto- < *xarg-nt-o- 'shining (metal)'. Here for once we have a cultural term that the Germani apparently imported from the west bypassing Celtic intermediaries. I wonder if the word could date back to the Bell Beaker culture; its distribution would be consistent with that.
 
Piotr