From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 39528
Date: 2005-08-05
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: [tied] sea
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:
> Marius, when DEX has "Probabil lat. mas, maris.", it is citing a
> Latin word (in this case meaning "male") in the usual dictionary
> manner: Nom., gen. If the word for "sea" was involved, it would
cite
> "Mare, maris."
>
Gamkrelidze & Ivanov: IE and the IEs, p.782
Egypt. mr 'canal, irrigation reservoir',
Hittite amiyara- "canal",
Hom. Gk. amáre: "ditch, canal",
Amárunthos, name of a place connected with the water supply for
Eretria,
Myc. Gk. A-ma-ru-ta,
cf Alb. âmë
Torsten
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Patrick:
I think you are on the right track here.
An initial *a(:) would represent 'water'.
I would hazard: *a(:)me-ro-.
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