Re: *y-n,W- "subordinate"?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
>
> >> >
> >> > That particular loan Piotr admitted the possible existence of a
> >> > long time ago.
> >> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/36633
> >> >
> >> ==========
> >>
> >> M. Gasiorowski does not seem to speak about LWS in that mail.
> >> This is a personal addition of yours.
> >>
> >> A.
> >
> > Time for your English lesson.
> > Let's ask Piotr what he meant by 'may point to ancient borrowing'.
> > > Torsten
>
> =============
>
> The message reads :
> the formal and semantic match betweem PIE *h2jw- and Semitic *h.yw-
> is striking indeed and may point to ancient borrowing (or to
> Nostratic inheritance, _if_ there are possible matches in other
> families).
>
> Time for your Danish lesson : ARV
>
> Dansk-Tysk Erbschaft
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> Dansk-Svensk arv
>
> The mail is under committal and leaves all options open.

'under committal'?

> The translation of this mail as supporting the hypothesis of a LW
> is a distortion and mis-reading of yours.
>
> A.
>

Translation?? From what language to what language?
I didn't write 'supports the hypothesis of a loan', but 'admitted the
possible existence of a loan'.
Don't distort and misread what I write.


Torsten