>So, to keep the pot boiling, I threw in a possible Semitic derivation >that
>can be interpreted as signifying "large river to the west with
> >associations with the end of the world/entry to the underworld".
I think that the transference of such a myth and term could occur as far
back as 6000 BCE with my "Semitish" people which John seems to find evidence
for (Yurmesomethinoranother) but refusing to accept the possibility of their
speaking an AA language. However, Eridanus to come from Semitish, we would
need *h in the IE version of Eridanus... and that would make *e become *a
which wouldn't explain Eridanus.
Yet, *danu, if reconstructable, could be loaned early:
Semitish **danu "netherworld" ->
Mid IE *t:a:neu "Okeanos, river to underworld"
IE *da:nu "river" & *da:neuos "river-like"
But then the wind might have gained hold of my kite...
- gLeN
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