Re: [tied] Re: yellow

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 18043
Date: 2003-01-25

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 19:55:28 +0100, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
wrote:

>Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>> We don't have Thracian *alb-, but we do have Albanian elp (elbi)
>> (possibly < *albhi-). What do you think it means?
>
>2) so far I know, Albanian elbi= barley

Correct. It does not mean "white".

You said:

>Of course I have no Getic gloss for showing you this "black on white"
>but I very doubt that in Thracian "alb" could mean something else as
>"white".

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