'fnd' (mountain) ====> *bend was Re: Basque mendi 'mountain'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "The Egyptian Chronicles"
<the_egyptian_chronicles@...> wrote:

>
> Ishinan: Actually, there is a definite validation to your

consideration of *bend being a substrate loanword. To be precise, I
strongly suggest that you consider the Arabic 'fnd' (great mountain) as
the most likely source rather than others.

>
> FND (1) ???
>
> Following are some of the definitions from Arabic sources; mainly

Lisan al-`Arab and Qamuws al-Muhiyt:

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> http://www.theegyptianchronicles.com/LINKS/MOUNTAIN.html
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> A great mountain, a mountain apart from others, a portion of a

mountain, or a great portion thereof, having tallness or length, some
suggest slenderness at the top (pointed), or a head, slender head
(point) or a peak, or a great peak or head of a mountain, a side or
outward part (slope, Fr. pente).

>
> Al-Findu is also the name of a well known mountain situated between

Mecca and Medina in Arabia.

>
> The various usage of these terms dates from the Classical Arabic i.e.

before the 7th c. It should be pointed out that Arabs did not set foot
in Spain until 711 CE when they crossed the straight of Gibraltar.

>

Dear Ishinan,

I really appreciate your efforts, but I think you should perhaps
consider Arabic as the receptor instead of the donor in the case of this
and other words.

Octavià