Re: The unexplained link between Greek/Latin and Tamil

From: tgpedersen
Message: 24434
Date: 2003-07-12

>
> > 1)'Urb-` in Latin(L) means `city'. In Tamil (TL) `Ur'
> >means `habitation',place where you live'.
>
> The Latin word is derived from PIE *g^hordh- "enclosed place" (like
Russian
> gorod, -grad). No connection.
>
*g^hordh- > urb-? Why the loss of g^h- (instead of > f-)? What are
the intermediate steps (if any)?

Torsten