Re: Odp: Goliath and Uriah the Hittite as IE -

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 495
Date: 1999-12-08

 
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From: Alexander Stolbov
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 7:29 PM
Subject: [cybalist] Re: Goliath and Uriah the Hittite as IE -

Alexander asks:

What is etymology of "Levant"?
Simple but unexpected. It comes from (Old) French -- the present participle of lever 'rise'. Levant is short for 'the land of the rising sun'
 
Piotr