From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 16738
Date: 2002-11-13
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: The Brahman and the Brain
> Lat. plumbum cannot be separated form Celtic *loud-i-a:, as both can be derived from *pleu-dH-, probably representing *pleu- 'flow' with a common extension (fusibility being a characteristic feature of lead).
I'd like to refine the derivation of the Latin form a little:
*pleu-dH-o-m > pre-Lat. *ploubom > *plombom > plumbum
Piotr