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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > Germanic *plog(w)az could be a NWB word as well.
> > From *bhelg 'beam, piece of wood for houses, ships, vehicles, etc'
> > *bhlog > NWB pHlog- > Germanic plog-
> >
> > Arnaud
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> Yes and no, it seems.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough#Etymology
>
> Torsten
>
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About the hypothesis that NWB reflex for PIE *Bh as *ph,
Apart from *bhlog > NWB pHlog- > Germanic plog-
I got two other proposals :
pig < ME pigge < NWB Phug-i < PIE *bhug 'male, buck'
pit < OE pytt < NWB Phuth-i < PIE *bhudh-om
I guess the first idea will be more acceptable to M. Mc Scott than my
previous suggestion it's a Tibetan LW.
As regards the second one, it seems to me that West Germanic *put
could be from NWB *Phuth instead of being a Latin LW of Put-eus.
A substrate word from NWB seems at least as acceptable as a Latin LW
for West Germanic.
What do you think ?
Arnaud