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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/ANEW/SAB.html
>
> 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
> ==============

You might be interested in Theo Vennemann's theories of a Semitic and
a Vasconic (ie. the putative family of which Basque is a member)
substrate of NWEuropean IE.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yrsgro

Otherwise you might be interested in some of Hermann Møller's books in
which he sought to prove a relationship between Semitic and IE. Or try
the archives on these subjects.


Torsten