Re: Odp: IE Lithuanian-Mediterranean connections
From: Ivanovas/Milatos
Message: 1740
Date: 2000-03-02
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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV>Sergej writes on the subject of the Russian word for amber that its meaning
is:</DIV>
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<DIV>" 'a burning stone of white', which can hardly be explained on a Russian
basis and may well be a semantic carbon copy."</DIV>
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<DIV>Well, if you are looking for a 'Lehnuebersetzung' (sorry don't know the
English word), tell us if you find one.</DIV>
<DIV>The ancient Greek '��������' is connected to '�������', meaning shining,
radiance, glare (cf. '�����' sun which in its ancient form seems to be
cognate with Lat. 'sol' : '��F�����').</DIV>
<DIV>So the Greeks named amber 'the bright shining one'. Did that come from the
same source or were they all only describing the stones they saw?</DIV>
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<DIV>Sabine</DIV></BODY></HTML>