What's the current view of the origin of
words for lead and purse?
Lead:
Latin plumbum
Greek molibos, molybdos (*molubyo-),
bolimos
We may guess a non-Greek *mulubo-, *molubo-,
*mlubo- ?
plumbum <*
blumbo- <*mlumbo- ?
Or plumbum is akin to *ploudHo- > Celtic
*loud- > Germanic *laud-
Purse:
Is there a relatioship between Greek byrsa and
marsypon, marsipon ? I remember to read a mention to byrsa as from Anatolian
kursa. May we guesse *gWursa- ?
Joao SL