[tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

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> However, it is wiser to consider Sumerian /girgir/ as derived form

an

> expressive form. Words for "to roll" are often of expressive nature
> and of phonetic structure /*g/k(w)Vr/l/ in so many language that

very

> little can be inferred.

What exactly does 'expressive' mean here? If it doesn't mean
anything, then the fact remains that /*g/k(w)Vr/l/ means "horns (half
circle)/surround/roll/wheel" that I personally would infer it was a
very early loanword (Kulturwort?).

Torsten