EURO:PA, EURO:PE:
Usually analysed as < Akkadian erbu
Nostratic *GrVbV "cloud, darkness"
Kartvelian *Grub-
PIE erbH- (Germanic irpa-, Greek orphno-)
Semitic Garbu 'sunset, evening' (Akkadian erbu, Hebrew ´ereb, Arabic ghrb, Ethiopian Garab)
Comparing all these data, it seems more plausible that Europa came from some Proto-Kartvelian source.
*Grub-> *Gurub> *e/Gurub.
Pontus's daughter Eurybia could be an etymological doublet of Europa.
Joao SL
Novo Yahoo! Messenger com voz: ligações, Yahoo! Avatars, novos emoticons e muito mais.
Instale agora!