Re: Europa's etymology

According to map:
http://www.istorija.net/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=11&photoid=426
Thracians lived around Aegian sea. Thracian tribe Aurelënai
(Aureliani) lived near Dorionis (Doriones). So, can it be that
Europa comes from Thracian Aurapa?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
wrote:

> EURO:PA, EURO:PE:
> Usually analysed as < Akkadian erbu
>
> Nostratic *GrVbV "cloud, darkness"
> Kartvelian *Grub-
> PIE erbH- (Germanic irpa-, Greek orphno-)
> Semitic Garbu 'sunset, evening' (Akkadian erbu, Hebrew ´ereb,

Arabic ghrb, Ethiopian Garab)

>
> Comparing all these data, it seems more plausible that Europa came

from some Proto-Kartvelian source.

> *Grub-> *Gurub> *e/Gurub.
>
> Pontus's daughter Eurybia could be an etymological doublet of

Europa.

>
> Joao SL
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