Re: Stacking up on standard works

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> > Although he says his is a dictionary of "inherited lexicon" (thus

excluding Greek loanwords), he includes some

> > likely Etruscan borrowings, often with a shameless laziness. For

example, he thinks Latin ferrum 'iron' <

> > PItalic *ferso-m might be a loanword from some Phoenician dialect,

because the word is attested in Semitic

> > (e.g. Akkadian persillum). In fact, this is a Wanderwort of

ultimate Luwian origin from the root *bherg´- 'to

> > shine', introduced to Italy by the Etruscans (Villanova culture).
>
> Tavi, you amazed me this time by what seems to be impeccable logic.

Wasn't the Anatolian expansion due to the discovery of how to forge iron
in Anatolia? If the development of iron technology can be linked to the
Anatolians, then it looks like you nailed this one

>

Actually, the idea of a Luwian origin isn't originally mine
(unfortunately, I forgot the reference), but the Etruscan part is so.