From: tgpedersen
Message: 62007
Date: 2008-12-10
>You are agreeing with O.-S. I forgot to put quotes.
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> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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> Orël-Stol'bova: Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary
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> 1008 *g.arub- "darkness"
> Sem *g.arb- "sunset, evening":
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> Akkadian erbu, Hebrew ´ereb, Geez ´arab, Harsusi g.arb.
> Cf. *g.VrVb- "be dark": Arab g.rb, Geez ´rb..
>
> Note that *g.urab- "raven, crow" and *g.arub- "darkness" may be
> etymologically connected.
>
> Torsten
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> I nearly agree
> *g.urab- "raven, crow" is to Latin corvusLat. corvus, Sw. korp "raven"
> what
> *g.arub- "darkness" is to Latin crep-usculus.
>