Re: [tied] Metathetic Power

Maybe Semitic traders in Roman Empire?

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Subject: Re: [tied] Metathetic Power


> 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
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