From: gknysh
Message: 19185
Date: 2003-02-25
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
(citing Mallory)
But now take the set of words borrowed by Finno-Ugric (boar
> [*(v)oras'], slave [*orya], pig [*porsás], bee [*meks^e], honey
> [*meti], seven [*säptä:], etc.): some linguists say these are
> borrowings from (Proto-)Indo-Iranian (Dolgopolsky), some say from
> early Iranian (Gamqrelidze & Ivanov), some say from Indo-Aryan
> (Misra), and some say from (para-)Tocharian (Napol'skix). Will the
> "real" linguist please stand up?"
*****GK: I'm intrigued by the "boar" word. Have there been any
surmises as to the reason for its adoption into UF? A brief check
indicates that Estonian and Finnish sport alternate words for the
animal, which look UF. Is this also the case in other UF languages?
My archaeological notes on Pit-comb show that these communities of
hunters/fishers were quite familiar with the boar. I assume they
would have called it by an UF name. *****