Re: [tied] [Nostratic-L] Re: An example

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:04:30 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:38:30 +0000, tgpedersen
>> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> >Greek *galakt-, Latin *lact-, Germanic and Slavic *melk- (note that
>> >Germanic has -k-, which it shouldn't).
>>
>> It should. The root is *h2melg^- (Grk. amelgo:, Ir. bligim,
>> Lith. melz^u, CS/OR mUlzu, Lat. mulgeo).
>
>Of course, yes.
>
>
>> Slavic shouldn't have k (it has because *melko is a borrowing from
>> Germanic).
>
>How do we know that?

We don't know, it's just very likely. There is a variant
with *-k- (Lat. mulceo), but I think a Germanic borrowing
makes more sense.

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