Re: Latin re:ne:s 'kidneys'

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 64285
Date: 2009-06-27

At 1:46:16 PM on Saturday, June 27, 2009, dgkilday57 wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Octavià Alexandre
> <oalexandre@...> wrote:

>> Basque /errain/ can't be from Latin, DGK, no matter how
>> hard you try. As for the evidence you're seeking, check
>> the name Roma < *ruma < *struma.

> Octavia locuta, causa finita?

Didn't you know? It's the Eightfold Way of historical
linguistics.

Brian