Re: [tied] Origin of Latin carbasus

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 45405
Date: 2006-07-18

On 2006-07-18 06:15, amshuman_k wrote:

> Is the Latin word for cotton, carbasus, a lateral acuisition or an
> inheritance from IE?

A loan, via the Near East, from some Asiatic source, cf. Skt. karpa:sa-
'cotton' and <karba:s>, the famous Persian cottons manufactured in Isfahan.

Piotr