Re: Germanic - Balto-Slavic connections?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Aigius" <segijus@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "C. Darwin Goranson"
> <cdog_squirrel@...> wrote:
> > I read somewhere that the language group most linguistically
> > closest-related to Germanic was Balto-Slavic. What kind of
> connections
> > support this?
>
> Can this fit here:
>
> Old Prussian word KAILAS, meaning HELLO, > Proto Germanic word
> HAILAZ > German word HEIL > English word HELLO
> Lithuanian word PUODAS, meaning POT, > PUOD > POD > English word

POT

> Lithuanian word RAUDONAS, meaning RED, > RAUDON > RAUD > English
> word RED
> Lithuanian word GELTONAS, meaning YELLOW, > GELTON > GELT > German
> word GELB
> Lithuanian word SKARDIS, meaning SCARP, > SKARD > English word

SCARP

> Lithuanian word KARDAS, meaning SWORD, > KARD > KORD > English

word

> SWORD
> Lithuanian word GARDAS, meaning LOOSEBOX > Gotic word GARDAZ
> Latvian word LATA, meaning LATH, > English word LATH
> Latvian word VINDA, meaning WINDING > English word WINDING
> Lithuanian word VELTI, meaning TO FELT, > VELT > English word FELT
> Lithuanian word SËDËTI, meaning TO SIT, > SËDËT > SËD > SID >
> English word SIT
> Lithuanian word SHIRDIS, meaning HEART, > SHIRD > HIRD > HEARD >
> English word HEART
> Lithuanian word NOSIS, meaning NOSE, > English word NOSE?
>
> Regards, Eigius

Also:

Lithuanian word KARPIS, meaning CARP, > English word CARP
Lithuanian word VERTAS, meaning WORTH, > VERT > English word WORTH
Lithuanian word SIUNTË, meaning SENT, > SIUNT > English word SENT

Regards, Aigius