sea

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

> Marius, when DEX has "Probabil lat. mas, maris.", it is citing a
> Latin word (in this case meaning "male") in the usual dictionary
> manner: Nom., gen. If the word for "sea" was involved, it would

cite

> "Mare, maris."
>

Gamkrelidze & Ivanov: IE and the IEs, p.782
Egypt. mr 'canal, irrigation reservoir',
Hittite amiyara- "canal",
Hom. Gk. amáre: "ditch, canal",
Amárunthos, name of a place connected with the water supply for
Eretria,
Myc. Gk. A-ma-ru-ta,
cf Alb. âmë


Torsten