At 4:57:26 PM on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Arnaud Fournet
wrote:
[...]
> Eng rib < Tibetan rtsib
PIE *h1rebH- 'to cover (with a roof)', with reflexes in
Greek, Germanic, Slavic, and perhaps II (Khufi <rawj>
'plank' < Proto-Iran. *rabaka, according to Mallory & Adams
s.v. <roof>).
Brian