Re: Re[2]: [tied] * Re: Push (3)

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62545
Date: 2009-01-21

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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Arnaud Fournet" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:31 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] * Re: Push (3)


>
> At 4:57:26 PM on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Arnaud Fournet
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Eng rib < Tibetan rtsib
>
> PIE *h1rebH- 'to cover (with a roof)', with reflexes in
> Greek, Germanic, Slavic, and perhaps II (Khufi <rawj>
> 'plank' < Proto-Iran. *rabaka, according to Mallory & Adams
> s.v. <roof>).
>
> Brian
>
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We're talking about a rib (anatomical part) not a roof !?

A.