Re: OE *picga

--- In cybalist@..., "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: tgpedersen
> > > To: cybalist@...
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:05 PM
> > > Subject: [tied] Re: OE *picga
> > >
> > >
> > > > Considering that Manansal's/my list contains less than 100
> roots
> > of coincidence, isn't it surprising how much mileage I can get

out

> of
> > it? Every time a central idea in IE comes up I can find a match

for

> > it on the list? Unless one wants to consider the alternative:

there

> > was contact?
> > >
> > > Finding root equations is easy. I've just perused a list of

about

> > 100 Malgasy words and found several intriguing matches between
> > Malagasy and Russian. Here are the most suggestive ones:
> > >
> > > Mal. vorona 'bird' : Russ. vorona 'crow'
> > > Mal. volo 'hair', Russ volos 'hair'
> > > Mal. riaka 'current', Russ. r'eka 'river'
> > > Mal. zato 'hundred', Russ. sto 'hundred'
> > > Mal. fasika 'sand' : Russ. p'esok 'sand'
> > > Mal. feno 'full' : Russ. polno 'full'
> > > Mal. eto 'here' : Russ. eto 'this'
> > >
> > > Piotr
> >
> > Fun, isn't it? Now try it with Navaho.
> >
> > Torsten
>
> Shouldn't it be Torsten who tries to demonstrate that the
> Sundalanders also took refuge with the Na-Dene? See e.g.
> http://www.trends.net/~yuku/tran/nwc.htm for the alleged

connections

> with some North West Coast (NWC) languages!

The popular version of Heyerdahl's theories has it that the Pacific
Islanders came from the Americas. Actually what he proposed was that
the peopling of the Pacific had taken place in a clockwise fashion,
first coast-hugging to the Americas and then out to the islands,
following the prevailing currents. That would make Kennewick man a
Polynesian.
That Yuri Kuchinsky guy proposes many interesting things and gets
jumped a lot on the usenet. But, you're right, it should be my
responsibility.

Torsten