Re: Finnish KASKA

As far as I've seen, there is nothing that links
Basque to Etrsucan. The onus is upon you to
demonstrate that there is.
There is the possibility they are related at the
Nostratic level but QED


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
> > > =========
> >
> > It might have its origin in Nostratic.
> >
> > =================
> >
> > I will accept #t?- in Etruscan
> > when you have provided
> > examples in Basque.
>
> This makes no sense. Even if Basque and Etruscan are
> related (and
> there's no reason to think that they are) this makes
> no sense.
> ==================
> Your speculations that
> Spec1: Nostratic makes sense
> (I disagree it does :
> too big and nothing solid)
> Spec2 : that Etruscan is a close relative
> of PIE or PAA
> (I disagree)
> are not "naturally" better
> than my idea that
> Etruscan is autochtonous
> AND closely related to Basque.
>
> Prove something BEFORE
> you start using that thing
> to refute something else.
>
> As far as I concerned,
> #t?- is exhibited by PIE and PAA.
> I know ZERO case in either
> Etruscan or Basque.
>
> Arnaud
> =======================
>
>
>
> > And inherited t? cannot be d-
> > This is the PIE reflex.
> >
> > Inherited t? > -l-
> > Cf. al "to give"
> >
> > Arnaud
>
> The root appears to be alp(H) which is perhaps
> cognate with *leip (to
> desire) if the /i/ was lost to syncope. The
> semantics are a bit weak
> here.
> ===========
> Right On your side
>
> I equate : to give = to give.
>
> Your *leip thing
> with extra loss of vowel
> plus no semantics at all
> is absurd.
> Where are you going
> with that kind of things ?
> My answer : nowhere.
>
> Arnaud
> ====================
>
>
>
>

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