On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:38:30 +0000, tgpedersen
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tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>Greek *galakt-, Latin *lact-, Germanic and Slavic *melk- (note that
>Germanic has -k-, which it shouldn't).
It should. The root is *h2melg^- (Grk. amelgo:, Ir. bligim,
Lith. melz^u, CS/OR mUlzu, Lat. mulgeo). Slavic shouldn't
have k (it has because *melko is a borrowing from Germanic).
I see no reason to connect *h2melg^- with *glakt-.
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