From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 57897
Date: 2008-04-23
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From: "Przemysław Ziobrowski" <pmva@...>
To: "fournet.arnaud" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: [tied] Deutschland vs. Sakartvelo [was: Re: Clueless roolz...]
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> fournet.arnaud ta nugatu-r:
>
>> For example
>> Germanic *sajwa "sea, lake"
>> Cf. Kartvelian zGva "sea, lake"
>
> Out of curiosity, why do you compare a Proto-Germanic form with a *Modern*
> Georgian form and not a Proto-Proto-Kartvelian(1) one? According to the
> Tower
> of Babel, the Proto-Kartvelian root is *_zoGw-_:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/6hr6f9>
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> Original URL:
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> <http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=\data\kart\kartet&text_recno=1220&root=config>
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As Germanic *o > *a
this is more an argument in the favor of my suggestion.
You mean proto-Kartvelian is better than Georgian to explain *sajwa.
I agree with your link.
Arnaud
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>> Or
>> German Igel "hedgehog"
>> Cf. Kartvelian zGar
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> What happened to the initial [s]~[z] in German?
>
> Mod. Georgian for 'hedgehog' is _zGarbi_. I've found another word
> beginning with _zGar-_: _zGarthani_ 'bump, flop' but nothing else.
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-bi is plural.
We may accept that "hedgehog" means "bristle-s"
Arnaud
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> > Przemysław Ziobrowski
> "To jest tak proste, że nie można tego zrozumieć"
> przysłowie qirańskie
>
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What does your motto mean ?
Arnaud
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