From Science & Vie (January 96), "A la
recherche de la langue d'Eve":
PARTRIDGE
Nostratic k'ak'
Kartvelian k'ak'ab
Afro-Asiatic k'ak'
Dravidian kak
STORK
Nostratic k'ur
Indo-European k'er
Uralic korka
Dravidian korku
Is this sure?
Joao S. Lopes
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil