Re: Ligurian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Bhrihskwobhloukstroy <bhrihstlobhrouzghdhroy@...> wrote:

>
> 1. */p/ in Porcobera contrasts with /0/ in Ingauni < *Ping'aH-mno-
> 'tattoed'; it isn't anti-Celtic, just very archaic (and very limited
> in Liguria itself; just in Inland valleys)

'Tattooed'? Who came up with that for the Ingauni? Joan Jett?

> 2. Bormani, just like Bormio, can better proceed from *bhor-mo- (*bher- 'boil')

Read Kretschmer's paper in KZ 38.

> 3. Bargae does not "evidently" continue a PIE zero-grade; long grade
> *Bho:rg'h-aH would be much better (as a collective formation)

Baloney.

> 4. /ou/ < */eu/ isn't pan-Celtic at all; this is a mere matter of terms.

See Matasovic''s remarks.

> To sum up, Ligurian is fully Celtic, with just small very archaic
> pockets in the Apennines.

Again, baloney. Obviously this topic requires the full Day-Killer treatment.

> I can reply to every single place-name

Anyone can confidently invent pseudologies.

DGK