Re: Greek psephas/knephas/dnophos/zophos: linked?

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

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> > Kartvelian *marts'q'w- 'wild strawberry' ~ IE *bhreh2g^- 'strawberry'
> > (Latin fra:gum)
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This etymology was proposed by Sergei Nikolayev, author of the I database on Starostin's site.
http://newstar.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/ie/piet&text_number=2674&root=config

> More like IE *srag(H)-,
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But *sra:g- (with long vowel) is reconstructed from Latin fra:gum and Greek hra:ks 'berry, grape'

> given English straw(berry)
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Then you're implicitly suggesting this is a folk etymology from straw and berry, aren't you? because English straw has a different etymology.

> And absolutely nothing to do with *marty'q'w --which you may wish to compare to Spansh mora, Portuguese morango, etc.
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Possibly the Kartvelian word is compound. Anyway, Baltic *braz^k-ia: 'garden strawberry' would be a good match, also including *desnasalization*.

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