Re: THE CASE OF "SAP" (PIE FROM BASE *SAB- ) & C. ARABIC "SAB"

My answer is: yes.

If we look at a PIE *sa(:)b- as a reflex of PL SHA-P?E, we can connect

Arabic sab with

PIE *sa(:)b-

perhaps seen in PA (HS) #2214, *seb-, 'flow, pour'.

This would not require an *H for length of vowel.

Latin *sap- seems to me to be a related but separate word but *sap- is what
it (*sab) is listed under in Pokorny.

Regarding the length of the vowel, we might notice Avestan <viSapa>.


Patrick

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Subject: Re: [tied] RE: THE CASE OF "SAP" (PIE FROM BASE *SAB- ) & C. ARABIC
"SAB"


> http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/ANEW/SAB.html
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> That the term "sap" (PIE from base *sab) is not exclusively an IE word,
> since it is equally found in Classical Arabic as "sab".
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Ishinan
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> Connection between
> LAtin sap with short a
> PIE *sab juice
> is somehow possible
> if we posit that the root is
> *s_?-p
> with a glottal stop that causes -b
> in Central PIE.
> Now
> LAtin is short : should be a:
>
> Arabic sa:b has no glottal stop.
>
> The whole thing is unclear.
>
> Arnaud
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