Re: [tied] Nakh Daghestan and the origins of agriculture

From: John
Message: 29863
Date: 2004-01-21

Glen wrote

> Concerning the word *stu, it would be related to Semitic *Tawru-
> and that *st is an answer to a loaned word with a dental thibilant.
> I presume that the "V" in *Vlha is an undetermined vowel and the
> "lh" is an aspirated lateral or fricative? One would think that it
> has some connection with IE *wlxnax and there would also appear to
> be a pre-Greek (Tyrrhenian?) word *malo (Greek /mallos/).
> Perhaps others have different thoughts about this. What does
> capital "M" signify in *Muq?

Sorry Glen it was meant to be *(m)uq, or *muq.

Regards

John