From: Octavià Alexandre
Message: 62946
Date: 2009-02-09
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
>This is related to PNC *?_@... 'joint, bone' (?_ stands for an epiglottal stop), Basque adar 'horn'.
>
> UEW
>
> an,tV (on,tV) "Horn" U
>
> Ostj. (34) V an,&t, DN on,&t, O an,&t "Horn" |
>
> =======
> Uralic is *amt "horn"
> It's unclear what Ostyak aN&t is doing here.
> Probably another word.
> A.
> =======
>
BTW, Arnaud, I've got Ernout-Meillet in my hands and it reads mi:luus with LONG i:. So either you were lying or else you've got a poor vision.
I just discovered Latin circus (formerly) 'circle' has a Vasco-Caucasian etymology from PNC *gi:rgwV 'circle, round'.