From: Tavi
Message: 68988
Date: 2012-03-15
>Yes, that's right. Thank you for the correction. Notice also svìtre: 'ryeglass (Lolium); false flax (Camelina sativa)'.
> > I regard these formations as being parallel
> > to the Baltic outputs of "PIE" *k´wei-t-
> > 'white', e.g. Lithuanian svitra-s
> > 'sand; glass; sandpaper'.
>
> For what it's worth, Lith. <s^vìtras> means 'emery (paper)' (note the hyphens in 'Sand-, Glas-, Schmirgelpapier'), i.e. 'what is used to make things glossy, shiny'. No words meaning 'glass' or 'sand' in this nest in Lithuanian.
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