Re: [tied] Ur- = water and Skur- = shower

Not cognate but I've wandered if it was possibly
borrowed from some pre-Roman IE language --although
the drawback for me is that "water" is not that prone
to borrowing.



--- michelmrvn <michelmrvn@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
> >
> > Basque ur and euri
> > are cognate with PIE ud- "water, rain"
> > from *ut?-
>
> No, basque ur "water" is absolutely not cognate with
> IE.
>
> Michel
>
> >
> > Nothing to do with PIE *wer.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Cuadrado
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:32 PM
> > Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Ur- =
> water and Skur- =
> shower
> >
> >
> > hello
> > can be exist any links with
> > * Ur- = water
> > Celtic = Scot Uar (Waterfall). Old Irish -Fuair
> (To pour). ?
> Irish
> > Farrane (Fountain)
> > Germanic = Old English Waer. Old Norse Vari/Ver
> (Sea/Water)and Ur
> > (drizzle)
> > Lituanien Jures (water)
> > Grec Ouron (Urine). Latin Urina
> > Louvite War. Avestan/Sanskrit Var (Water) and
> Sanskrit Vrsti
> (Rain)
> > Non IE : Basque Euri (Rain
> >
> > with
> >
> > * Skur- = Sk-ur = divide/part water (?)
> > Germanic Skuraz ?¨ Gotic Skura ?¨ Old English
> Scur ?¨ English
> Shower.
> > Old Hight German Scur ?¨ German Schauer. Old
> Norse Skur.
> > Old Slavic Severu (North wind). Lituanian
> Siaurus (Storm)
> >
>
>
>

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