Actually, Ishinan's attention to a possible Arabic source (?iza:r) seems
promising to me.
Patrick
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I first thought It was interesting.
In fact,
it's entirely wrong.
The root ?_z_r means "coat"
and the derivative
mu?azzara or ?izâr
does not mean "goat"
but "as if clad with
a black coat"
as is clearly explained in
Kazimirski.
It's like saying that "coat"
means "rain" because
rain-coat exists.
Absurdly flawed.
The only think left is
*&iz "goat".
Arnaud
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> None of this word contradicts
> a pre-form &iz- "goat".
> Sometimes with reduplication.
> Hebrew &ez "goat"
> Arabic ma&iz "goat"
> Is an "exact phonological match" (your wording).
> Arnaud
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