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

From: ufnkex
Message: 69418
Date: 2012-04-23

>>>>Greek túmbos 'tomb' ~ native táphos 'tomb' < IE *dhºmbh-
>>>>(actually a VC loanword) so not IE; more likely related
>>>>to the various "darkness" words.
>>>
>>>Not really. This is actually a root 'hill, bank' > 'burial
>>>mound'.
>
>Which means you claim that.

BTW, Mongolian dembe, Turkish tepe, Hungarian domb mean "hill;
mountain". (And, if I ain't wrong, none of them means "burial
mound, kurgan" as well.)

George