[tied] Re: Indo-European for Uralic speakers

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Ben McGarr" <celteuskara@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>
> > duck - > entlei ( dim. like english duckling ?)
>
> This Rumanian word reminded me of a thread on here a long time ago
> about the curious possibility of a prehistoric pun, evinced by some
> depictions on artefacts, on waterfowl, breath and the soul. Does
> anybody else remember this?
>
> Ben

Which word do you mean Ben? For duck the word is "raTã" and the
diminutival duckling is "rãTiSoarã".
raTã= unknown etymology. Compare with Alb. "rosë", SerboCroat. "raca".

Alex