Re: Sard

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 51591
Date: 2008-01-20

 
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From: tgpedersen
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:55 AM
Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] Sard

> Humans ate seeds before they ever planted them.

No, they didn't.
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/6703
http://tinyurl. com/2mzntr
We weren't meant to feed on the seeds of grasses.

> Since all men eat grain, a loanword were hardly ever be necessary.

From the date most men began to eat grain, a word for 'fertilize,
conceive' became necessary. The idea that the male actually has
something to do with reproduction began with the first agriculture.
Torsten

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PIE *seH1- "seed, sow"
Tchadic HAusa :  shu:kâ "seed" < *soH1-ka
 
Very old word of paleolithic datation.
Arnaud

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