Re: [tied] Loha, copper, red: any IE cognates?

From: Patrick C. Ryan
Message: 8323
Date: 2001-08-04

Dear Piotr and Cybalisters:
 
 

 

----- Original Message -----
From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Loha, copper, red: any IE cognates?

But the Old Prussian word for "river" is <ape>.
 
[PCR]
IE seems to preserve two roots:
 
*Ha[:] (water) + *pa (flat) = 'surface of the water'; and
 
*Ha[:] (water) + *ba (half) = 'bank'.
 
 
Pat