Re: Mitanni and Matsya

> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 8:58 AM, david_russell_watson <liberty@...>
> wrote:
>
>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com <cybalist%40yahoogroups.com>,
>> "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
>> wrote:
>> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com <cybalist%40yahoogroups.com>, "David
>> Russell Watson" wrote:
>> >
>> > > In fact, the only possible cognates of 'arya-' of which I
>> > > am aware, are the Greek 'ari-' and the Latin 'alius', and
>> > > neither has anything to do with color.
>> > > David
>> >
>> > I have previously suggested oros "mountain" as a possibility
>> > with Anatolian mountains in mind
>>
>> The Aryans were in Central Asia, though, not Anatolia,
>> and Central Asia isn't especially mountainous.
>>
>> David
>>

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DRW

I suppose Americans are better at junk food than geography
http://www.cosmovisions.com/qAsieTopo.htm

NB : the yellow and orange areas are mountains...

It seems Two thirds of Asia are mountains.

As regards *arya
I have already stated that the name Hurri
can be read hari precisely the same
as aryan and Irish arianach

Arnaud

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