Re: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

I'd look at the IE root of Latin verres (vel. sim.)
for these. Basque urde seems to be from Latin. Iberian
languages often have /rr/ ~ /rd/
So verres > uerre > urre > urde. I'd also check ALL
Basque dialects instead of the ONE that Bengtsen
checked that was closest to his hypothesis.
Bengtsen has interesting things to say but he seems to
cherry-pick too much.



--- Francesco Brighenti <frabrig@...> wrote:

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>
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > The pig is older than that.
> >
>

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/37283

> >
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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/37222

>
>
> But see the Proto-Dene-Caucasian reconstruction for
> 'pig' proposed
> by John Bengtson at
>
> http://jdbengt.net/articles/CILL30a.pdf
> (see on p. 12 and n. 124 in the PDF document)
>
> According to Bengtson, Basque <urde> 'pig' appears
> to be cognate
> with Proto-Caucasian <*wHa:rtl'wV> id. (Hunzib
> <butlu>, Lezgi
> <wak>).
>
> Did Early Neolithic Dene-Caucasian speakers bring
> and pigs and
> agriculture into Southeast Europe from Anatolia?
>
> Kindest regards,
> Francesco
>
>

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