Re: [tied] Re: Umbric

Antonio Sciarretta wrote:

>
> My favorite explanation for Umbri (Gk. Ombrikoi) is 'the people by the
> river Umbro (mod. Ombrone, Toscana)'. This should be from IE
> *m.bh-ro, an extension of the root *mebh- 'wet, damp', in a language
> where the sonant <m> developed into <um>. I like to suggest that this
> language was that of the Pelasgi, a pre-Greek (IE) people who
> colonized southern Etruria in the late bronze age, where they found
> just the Umbri(ci) of the Umbro fl
>

There are several evidences of the umbric texts. Is there any words wich
will show an "um" which can derive from an IE "m"?

Alex