Glen- etymological qs.

From: Michael Smith
Message: 29280
Date: 2004-01-09

Glen, so do you think Joao's proposal is a False Etymological
Method?

-Michael

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>
> Joao:
> >How about Sumerian gu "cow,bovine" and *gWo:u- ?
>
> Why do I feel like this forum has been pushed back 150 years?
> What did I just say -- Indirect contact at best. If you all
> want to place Sumerian and IE side-by-side, have fun doing
> so but that game has been played for decades now
> without success.
>
> Besides Sumerian, what language do you propose as
> the source of this loanword that may not even be a
> loanword?
>
>
> = gLeN
>
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