From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 57348
Date: 2008-04-15
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
>> > Into Gaulish??
>> >
>> > Piotr
>> >
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> The double question mark above expresses disbelief.
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Gaulish must have existed, mustn't it ?
Arnaud
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> That's clear anyway, given several examples like *h3re:g^- > dial. Celt.
> *ri:g- > PGmc. *ri:k-. It is also possible that the ancestors of the
> Germani borrowed the word from Celtic, in which case it would be of
> _western_ rather than _eastern_ origin (and _accidentally_ similar to
> the Mongolian word).
>
> Piotr
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Another accident is the word stirrup < sti:ghroip "stepping rope"
Funny but Mongolian döröö has the same dental stop + R + labial vowel.
Arnaud
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