Hi,
we had the exchange:
> Now tell me, Pjotr, could the Lin. A/B sign 33 that looks like a
crocus and has the phonetical value ra(i) be the acronym of a word from
the IE 'red'-root *hroudho-/hrudh-ro-?
Dunno. It is too short and the only similarity
to the "red" word is the consonant. Too little
food for speculation, I'm afraid.
Does that mean from an acronym like this there is no way of telling more
about the possible origin of the word in IE? I'd really like to challenge
you here - tell me what more you need and I'll try to get it - what would
you expect to follow - all in all - to make a possible IE 'RED' root? Which
kind of syllable would fit? Let's see if it exists ... even without knowing
any meaning so far. It's a real basic what I'm looking for - it might not
exist in the little material (Lin.A/B) we have, anyway, but I'd like to give
it a try anyway. Tell me your conditions, and next time I'll have a look at
the dictionnaries it'll be only for that!
Speculate...
I can't get any further without your daring ...
What would the possibilities be? Everything tells me the IE version is the
best - and may be the oldest known so far. PIE in the widest sense - even
the one that is not as logical as linguists would like it to be !!
What would clean linguistic theory have to look for? There is the - albeit
small - material of an unknown language using syllables roughly (?) similar
to other IE (Anatolian) ones (including R/L changes!). Which following
vocals are plausible, which aren't? Any other possible/impossible
connections?
If I come up with any 'possibilities', we'll see further. It doesn't seem
like anybody else has worked over this material like this before, why not
try?
Sabine