Re: [tied] Seeking Information Please

*bHleg- ~ *bHlag- / *bHlog- 'burn', as in "flagrant", "phlegm", "flame" and "phlogiston". OE blac still meant 'shining' or 'pale' rather than 'black' (the original colour term was <sweart>). At the Indo-Aryan end we have <bHrgu->, a race of fire-beings. There are of course other similar roots that have to do with shining or burning, and perhaps they are all extension of *bHel- 'shine'. Still, *bHlag^H- remains difficult.

Piotr

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From: Glen Gordon

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Subject: Re: [tied] Seeking Information Please

Piotr: >Last time I checked, the jury was still out on whether Old Indo-Aryan ><brahman-> and Latin <flamen> were related or just similar-looking. If >cognate, they would have to be reconstructed as something like >*bHlag^H-men- (thus in Pokorny's dictionary), the root *bHlag^H- being >otherwise unknown >and so conveniently obscure that you may attribute any meaning to it. Wait, I forget... where does the word "black" come from?