Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r, JURA, JARA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Peter P" <roskis@...> wrote:

>
> > Have anybody thoughts about Baltic jura - the sea. Also in Baltic
> > territory are some hydronyms: rivers Jara, Jura and etc...
>
> Finnish, järvi is probably from this source.
> Lithuanian, jáura (swamp).
>
> The rest I'll leave to others with some real knowledge.
>

IMHO this is a Vasco-Caucasian loanword from NEC *järKwi:/*Kwä(j)ri: (~ -e:) 'sea', where /K/ represents the voiceless fricative lateral. The metathesized root is found in Celtic *liro- 'sea, ocean'.