Re: [tied] Re: Oltak

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 20845
Date: 2003-04-07

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Oltak



> Ah, now we just need to know on which day of Creation God created
> Pokorny. Check your Bomhard. 'dan' meaning "level surface" or "the
> sea" is found also in Austronesian and Basque (early Cybalist).

I have no idea what Basque word you mean (surely not <ur> 'water' or any of several compounds that involve it, <itsaso> 'sea', or <ibai> 'river'; perhaps <edan> 'to drink' for lack of a better lookalike?). Proto-Austronesian had *daNum 'water', where *N was some kind of liquid that merged with *n in Malayo-Polynesian. Its similarity to IE *dah2nu- 'river' looks terribly significant to me ;).

Piotr