[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?
>

That must have been me. Halstatt artefacts often carry images of
ducks, Latin anat-, German Ente, Danish, Swedish and. I had the idea
this might be an image for the (released?) soul, Latin an-imus,
Danish ånd, Swedish ande, from *an- "breathe" (Latin an-helare, Dansk
ånde, Swedish andas). I probably shouldn't mention Tagalog
anito "spirit".

Torsten