Re: Vasco-Caucasian and the comparatine method [was: Stacking up on

MESSAGE RESENT:

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

> Should I remind you of Sanskrit s’aras 'cream, film on boiled
> milk'> < IE *k’el- 'to cover, to conceal'?

I don't think so. Skt. s’arman 'cover, shelter, protection, refuge, safety'; s’aran.a 'protecting, defending'; a-s’a:ra 'shed, shelter'; upa:s’ara ‘protection'; cf. Old Averstan sar- 'shelter' â€" all point to the meaning 'shelter, protection', while one would hardly say that the cream "protects" the boiling milk.

Where dod you find this etymology? The term s’aras is post-Rigvedic, and I could not trace your proposed etymology in any of the dictionaries I have access to.

Regards,
Francesco