Re: Prenasalization, not ejectives cause of Winter's law?

From: tgpedersen
Message: 62007
Date: 2008-12-10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet"
<fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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> Orël-Stol'bova: Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary
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> 1008 *g.arub- "darkness"
> Sem *g.arb- "sunset, evening":
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> Akkadian erbu, Hebrew ´ereb, Geez ´arab, Harsusi g.arb.
> Cf. *g.VrVb- "be dark": Arab g.rb, Geez ´rb..
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> Note that *g.urab- "raven, crow" and *g.arub- "darkness" may be
> etymologically connected.
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> Torsten
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> I nearly agree

You are agreeing with O.-S. I forgot to put quotes.

> *g.urab- "raven, crow" is to Latin corvus
> what
> *g.arub- "darkness" is to Latin crep-usculus.
>

Lat. corvus, Sw. korp "raven"


Torsten