Re: Sard

I think it is fairly obvious that

> > Semitic z-r is cognate with IE *ser-, 'flow rapidly, *ejaculate).
>
> I think it's fairly obvious they are loans which are cognate and which
> arrived with the technology in which they make sense, namely

agriculture.

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> ***
>
> I think it is not obvious at all.
>
> Humans ate seeds before they ever planted them.
>

No, they didn't.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/6703
http://tinyurl.com/2mzntr
We weren't meant to feed on the seeds of grasses.

> Since all men eat grain, a loanword were hardly ever be necessary.

From the date most men began to eat grain, a word for 'fertilize,
conceive' became necessary. The idea that the male actually has
something to do with reproduction began with the first agriculture.


Torsten