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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
>
> Ro:mulus linked to Ra:ma ????
>
1. Of course, Ro:mulus cannot be linked directly with Ra:ma
But on the other hand:
2. As I know Roma has a short-o inside not a long one
3. 'A link' Roma <-> Ro:mulus 'is not impossible': 'this suspected
link' has almost 3000 years
4. Skt r'amate has a short-a too.
5. Skt. Ra:ma- could well belong to the same Skt. root ram- even we
have a long-a inside. The semantic shift 'to rest' -> 'to enjoy'
etc...is not impossible
6. the PIE root is *h1remh- (the last h is indicated by the
Lithuanian form)
What alternatives you can propose for each of 2-to-6?
Marius