Res: [tied] Re: Barba and Bestia: bH>b (dissimilation)

From: stlatos
Message: 64595
Date: 2009-08-04

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
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> Bestia is borrowed from what language?

An Indo-European language similar to Yeniseian, possibly North Picene, although other languages of the same type probably existed without any attestation.

> Do belbus "hyena" fit in this same root?

Maybe.