Re: [tied], Re:, Tell me an ancient word for Steppe...Finally

But greek Kimmerio- could be a direct borrow from Kimmara-

So, if kimmara-/immara < *g^H-, could it be related to *g^heim- "winter"? to
Anatolian monster Khimaira?

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From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied], Re:, Tell me an ancient word for Steppe...Finally


> I'll try to check it when I'm back from my vac. The suggested
> meanings are not quite the same, so it's likely that some
> guesswork is involved. I don't know where, in what context and how
> many times the words in question occur. The alternation Hittite k- :
> Luwian zero is normal in etyma with initial *g^H- (but that makes it
> rather difficult to relate the word to Greek kimmerio-).
>
> Piotr
>
>
>
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> From: "Joseph S Crary" <pva@...>
> Date sent: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:32:41 -0000
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> Subject: [tied], Re:, Tell me an ancient word for Steppe...Finally
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> 
> Mallory, In search of... and Cyril Babarev 
> 
> From
> 
> Puhvel J, Dialectal Aspects of the Anatolian Branch
> of Indo-
> European. In Ancient Indo-European Dialects, H Birnbaum
> and J. Puhvel 
> (ed) Berkeley 1966.
> 
> 
> Hittite  Luwian  given definition 
> kimmara- immara-  countryside 
> 
> Korolev, A. Hitto-Luwian Languages. Languages of Asia
> and Africa, 
> vol. 1. Moscow, 1976.
> 
> Hittite  Luwian  given definition
> Gimmara- immari-  a field, steppe
> 
> Piotr
> 
> whats your opinion on this?
> 
> 
> JS Crary
> 
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