From: Dr Dan Waniek, MD
Message: 27756
Date: 2003-11-27
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Dr Dan Waniek, MD" wrote:here,
>
> > There is an interesting theory in France about proto-ionians
> > (PION).
>
> That's nice. So what's the theory about?!
>
> > I kindly submit my proposal for a discussion of older etyma
> > starting from some interesting points made by Jean FaucouneauDon't you speak Romanian, Marius ? Or read it ?
> > (concerning pre-mycenaean Greek.) Despite his pathological self-
> > effacing habits, Jean, inter alia, helped decypher the famous
> > Pahistos disk.
>
> Better "Phaistos". Who is J.F., BTW?
>
> > First a word about formats in my own database:
> > ----
> > 0002-DARO-M-0300 (eimieion PION mereu DARO, PHRE ROTA)
> > ----
>
> I ignore what is your db about, but reading your own cypher, I
> can't prevent myself to think at SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS.
> Where is to be found the word "eimieion" and what does it mean?
>
> > only states that 'eimieion' - by some phonetical metathesis and
> > some rotacism - yielded 'mereu' in Dacoromanian,
>
> From which language? Rhotacism of what exactly? What arguments
> do you have?
>
> > and this is my second conjecture,
>
> There is also a first one?!
>
> > with a score of three in a scale of ten :)
>
> ... estimated on which basis?
>
> > Any other idea is highly appreciated.
>
> Romanian loanword "mereu" does reflect a Hungarian word and it's
> a matter of very little interest on a list dedicated to IE issues.
> If you have a better proposal, it would be of great help to stick
> to normal English (i.e. forget about your favorite db format and
> make your point in plain text, no encoding).
>
> > A small wink here to Marius - Salutare, si la mai mare!
>
> Is that me?! I strongly doubt... but thanx anyway. :-)
>
> > Si tu vales bene est, ego valeo : )
>
> "si vales, bene est; ego valeo" sounds better.
>
> > Yours,
> > irismeister (sanity, cutting through Volksetymologie)!
>
> Cheers,
> Marius Iacomi