On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 06:05:50 +0000, Glen Gordon <
glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>Marco inputs:
>>Akkadian /eru:/ is not from /*weru:/.
>
>Alright. Where _is_ it from?
The usual transcription erû(m) (not eru:) suggests a contracted vowel,
probably /i/ + /u/. I think the form can be reconstructed as *weri?-u(m)
(acc. *weri?-a(m), etc.), but that's based on old notes, I'm not 100% sure.
An interesting word in this context is the Hebrew for copper, <?arad>
(aleph-resh-daleth).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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