Re: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 29291
Date: 2004-01-09

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From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
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Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 4:05 AM
Subject: RE: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives


> Well, like I said, there seem to be words in Basque that show some
> Semitic connections as strange as it sounds. I don't know about anything
> uniquely Semitic in Gemanic and Celtic that wasn't already inherited from
> IE. Anyone else have suggestions?

Phoenician/Carthaginian influence? They stayed in Southern Spain for some
700 years.

Piotr