Re: apples on a stick

Probably just coincidence but Japanese for apple is
ringo, I think.
It may tie in with *br/l-eng
Or maybe not

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> http://www.snv.jussieu.fr/bmedia/Fruits/pomme.htm
>
> Origine géographique : supposée d'Asie centrale.
>
> I suppose you can read that it is supposed to be
> from Central Asia
> not China.
> Starling has no word for apple in Old Chinese.
>
> Nevertheless the word Ping2-Guo "apple"
> can be from *br-eng or *bl-eng.
> Something that looks like PIE *a-bal
> Maybe we can be bold enough to draw two conclusions
> :
> 1. The original word was like *bal- "apple"
> 2. PIE speakers added ?-a to *bal to make it
> *?a-bal.
> One more case of prefix ?a- !!
>
> Cf. Mongolian *ölir "apple" (Starling) < *wal-ir ??
> (me)
> Tungusic *ul-in
> Nothing in Turcic.
>
> Turkic: *jẹ̄milÌ?Ä?
> Fruit : also fresh, raw
> Cf. Latin ma-lus "apple" and a-ma-rus "bitter".
> One more case of prefix ?a- !!
> I still think malus and apple are two different
> words.
>
> Arnaud
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: apples on a stick
>
>
> Given that the original sweet apple comes from
> China,
> it would make sense thar sour apples did as well.
>
>
>

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