Re: [tied] Re: Ebre = spanish river = celtiberic roots ?

Can you elaborate on why not?

--- Octavià Alexandre <oalexandre@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard
> Wordingham" <richard@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Octavià Alexandre
> oalexandre@
> wrote:
> >
> > > Another possible cognate of the same root is
> *akwa: 'running water',
> the
> > > source of Latin acqua 'water', where it replaced
> the common
> inherited IE
> > > word. Hydronyms with *-apa/aba and *-upa/uba
> would also have come
> from
> > > this source.
> >
> > PIE *akwa: is attested by both Latin and Germanic,
> with some possible
> > relatives in other groups. Incidentaly, the Latin
> is simply <aqua>.
> >
> But my point is *akWa: isn't of IE origin, but
> rather a substrate word
> borrowed by some IE groups.
>

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