Re: [tied] Number games [was: the centum-word]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:28:17 -0000, tgpedersen@... wrote:

>A near-by (to Dutch) river name: Ennepe (Ruhr district, Germany) has
>been analysed as containing the aqua water word, thus in the (North
>German non-Celtic) substrate language qu -> p (or is <apa> an
>independent word)?

*h2e(:)p- (Opr. ape "river", Skt. <a:p(a)-> "water", <dwi:pa->
"island" (= two waters), Toch. <a:p> "river") is an independent word.


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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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