[tied] Re: The unexplained link between Greek/Latin and Tamil

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > > *ghordh- > *horb- > urb-
> > That latter half looks odd. Why not hortus > **urtus then?
>
> See my previous posting. There is no logic. Why furnus but

fornax, both

> from the same root? There is a suggestion that *or > ur was a non-

urban

> dialect. On the other hand, urbs may be from a different root

entirely

> (*wrdhi- [Meiser] - perhaps *wer-2 Pokorny 1151 +-dh-i-)
>

which would then coexist with the roots *gh^erdh- and *gh^erd-
meaning the same. It doesn't look good for the non-exo-IEness of
towns.

Torsten