Re: Limitations of the comparative method

Applying my rules for conversions between Arabic and PIE, dhahab can easily
be related to PIE *ta:w-, 'smelt'.

Patrick
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Tsalam? t?ob

The cognate of PIE *tah2-(w) is
th_gh_b : to smelt (especially snow or ice)
which is phonetically a beautiful equation with
LAtin tab-êo
t = th
H2 = gh (velar voiced spirant)
b = b

Another interesting word is Uralic word for "spring"
which somehow looks like *taw or *tu-nd-
but there is no trace of (gh) which should surface as -j- yod.
Hungarian tavasz
Etc
but it should be **täv out of *tajw-
it does not work
so "spring" is not "ice-thaw" in Uralic

Arnaud.