[tied] [Nostratic-L] Re: An example

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

>
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:38:30 +0000, tgpedersen
> <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).

Of course, yes.

> Slavic shouldn't have k (it has because *melko is a borrowing from
> Germanic).

How do we know that?

> I see no reason to connect *h2melg^- with *glakt-.

That is very interesting.


Torsten