Re: [tied] Conch

From: tgpedersen
Message: 47624
Date: 2007-02-26

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> re *kón-x-mós *knx-m(e)+ > OE hamm, Gk kné:me:
> Can we relate this to English haunch from Germanic hanka or vel sim?
> I've seen hanka explained as non IE and as related to Basque.

That was Vennemann. Haunch took a detour via Frankish and French.
Actually it's much worse:
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hng.html


Torsten