Re: Uralic Continuity Theory ; Paleo-Germanic lexical borrowings in

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54011
Date: 2008-02-23

A laaaaarge stretch here, but is there any way sal-
could be an adjective form of the root of sea? i.e.
"maritime (land)"

Another laaaarge stretch. I remember seeing a similar
sounding word in Greenberg's Eurasiatic book (II:
vocabulary) a word having to do with "beach" et al.
and I think but I'm not sure that a Uralic etyma was
given. So if someone has Greenberg Eur. II, be kind
enough to humor me and check it out.

The laaaaaaaargest stretch of all would be the Old
European term sala-

Enough for Freaky Friday


--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
. . .
>
>
> > The word for salo 'island' fullfills the criteria
> of narrow
> > distribution on both sides, but here unfortunatey
> substitution rules
> > are reversible so 1) and 2) works. Can you think
> of any better
> > examples?
>
> 'Salo' works good enough for me. What do you think
> of these etymologies of Sjælland and Lat. insula
(*enk^-salaw):
>
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/50268
>
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/50271
> Perhaps Germ. Insel is not a loan?
>
> Torsten



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