Joao:
> Proto-IE *mu:s-tel
> Osset mystula¨g "weasel"
> Slavic mi:stlI, mi:stlU (this i: is a barred long
> "i", perhaps means y)
> Latin mu:ste:la
What is this supposed to be? First of all, that
stem looks wrong. It looks more like a thematic
stem *muhstelo- at first glance. Second of all, it
would strongly appear that if this stem even exists
that it is based on *muhs- "mouse". Connecting it to
other outside language groups is then a complete waste
of time because the relatively late coinage of
the word is immediately clear.
And I thought that this long-range lunacy is offtopic
here. There is the Nostratic forum for that.
= gLeN
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