Re: [tied] "Fish" in Slavic

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

>
> ryba could be < some Pre-Slavic *rumba ?
>
>> but cf. Slav. *ly''ko, Lith. lùnkas, Latv. lûks, OPruss.
>> <lunkan> 'bast' for the possibility of Slav. *y'' < *nH,*mH in
>> inlaut.

There's a chance it might be, though it's not a common belief.

Sergei