[tied] Re: Dacian Sounds Laws - (2) Long Vowels

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

>
> Patrick:
>
> I would be very skeptical of this analysis.
> So far as I know, 'rock' never appears as *karp- (with the possible

exception of Albanian).

> I would speculate that we may be dealing with *ka(:)r- + *pet-, 'wing'.
> "made of rock" as a name for a mountain chain strikes me as highly

unlikely.

>
> ***
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains

Obviously these are not the ones that Alexandru is talking about, but
it does seem to me that Rocky Mountains (aka Rockies) is very likely.