Re: [tied] Metathetic Power

From: longgren@...
Message: 6200
Date: 2001-02-25

The origin of the words "lord" and "lady" are well known. If there
is any English connection with the Hebrew word "yeled" for child it
would "lad". Arabic is "waled". English simply didn't borrow words
from Hebrew, with a few obvious exceptions like "shiboleth". What could
the origin of the "lad" - "yeled" similarity be?
1. It could be from a common Nostratic root.
2. Some people have claimed that ancient Semitic seafarers visited the
British isles.
3. Some people have claimed a Berber or Afro-Asiatic substratum in
northwestern Europe. Such a substratum would explain some features of
Germanic such as changing the vowels for plurals. Pat Ryan wrote an
article on the similarities between Germanic and Semititc.
http://www.delphi.com/indoeuropean