Daniel J. Milton wrote:
> See:
> http://www.unc.edu/~melchert/molybdos.pdf (or corresponding html).
> "Greek 'molybdos' is derived from Lydian."
> Melchert traces the Mycenaean word to a Lydian color term, and
> rejects a relationship with Latin 'plumbum' or Basque 'berun'.
> Sounds plausible to me, but would like an expert opinion.
> Dan Milton
the lead comparative with other ligatures is "maleable", that it is his
first attribute which will caracterise it. It has as well as no
resistance, can be easely malformed, etc, etc.
Question: does the Lydian "molybdos" means "weak"? I think at the first
part of the word which is "moly-" and _can_ means "maleable". The
meaning would be sustained by the Germanic words "blei", "blech" and the
meaning "maleable" of a word as *bleg which could yeld in Germanic
"blei" and "blech".
Alex
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