From: tgpedersen
Message: 19427
Date: 2003-02-28
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:49:25 GMT, lookwhoscross-eyednow@...Might the "silver" and the "iron" gloss ultimately be the same?
> wrote:
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> As to Arganthonios, the word for "silver" in Celtiberian is not
> *argant- or something similar, but $ilabur (Botorrita A-3). Basque
> has zilar, zidar or zildar. I've always suspected a connection with
> Greek sida:ros "iron", besides the obvious one with Germanic silver,
> Baltic sidabras ~ sirablas ~ sidrabas, Slavic sUrebro.
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...