Re: Comparative Notes on Hurro-Urartian, Northern Caucasian and Indo

--- On Sun, 3/29/09, dubbelax <dubbelax@...> wrote:

. . . I can draw your attention to a possible
> supportive evidence for the original Semitic t_ in
> "three", namely the Arabic word t_allatun
> "flock of sheep", which may fit into the idea of
> counting 1-2-MANY, expressed here by Rick McCallister.
> However, take the last sentence with reserve :-)

I didn't invent "1, 2, many" and I forgot where I read it but don't be surprised if somebody whacks you with your labrys and proclaims "ahhh, Arabic waHad, ithanayn, thalatha --therefore Arabic tha-, thal- must be cognate to English thr- of three and thorp. And then they say you invented that."