Re: Euphratic

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additional possible examples that I could found....
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1. aba, ab: lake; sea [AB archaic frequency: 384; concatenates 2 sign variants]. (*h2ep-h3)

2. uzu 5 evening, sunset. (*h2eus-os- 'dawn' > Lat. aurora)

3. ga milk (*g'l.kt- 'milk' ) ?

4. mah v., to be or make large adj., high, exalted, great, lofty, foremost, sublime (*mag^- 'big)
(g^ <-> h ? unsure, however the semantism fits well)

5. ul n., star, joy, pleasure, satisfaction; flower; bud; ornament; a capacity measure of 36 liters in Presargonic Girsu.
v., to glitter, shine.
adj., remote, distant (in time); ancient, enduring
(*h1eus- to burn > *h1us-lo- > Alb. yll 'star'

6. šún[MUL]: n., star. v., to shine brightly.
(*seh2-ul- [gen.] *sh2-en-s ---> English sun)

7. šeg 8/9: snow; ice (cf., sigga).
(*sneigWH- snow)

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--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "danjmi" <dmilt1896@...> wrote:
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Koenraad" <koenraad.elst@> wrote:
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> > Dear listfolk,
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> > Stop the hunt for the Urheimat. The Aryans came from Ur-of-the-Chaldees, a thousand years before Abraham:
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> > http://www.science.org.ge/2-3/Gordon%20Whitteker.pdf
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> > Anyone care to comment on Whittaker's "Euphratic" thesis?
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> > Thanks,
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> > Koenraad Elst
> *******
> I am certainly unqualified to comment on the validity of Euphratic, but I think I can say Whittaker appears to make a case that deserves more respect than Koenraad's sarcasm. The Ur-Urheimat joke is amusing, but presence of Indo-Europeans in Mesopotamia in the 4th millenium says nothing about where else they were or where they came from.
> There is some useful discussion to be found by googling "Euphratic".
> Dan Milton
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