Re: Dates of IE and A-A

Piotr Gasiorowski:

> W dniu 2012-06-02 01:59, Rick McCallister pisze:
>
>> My Mayanist friends stand solidly behind xok --which definitely beats
>> swimming in front of one ;>
>
> Little wonder, as it was a Mayanist's idea in the first place. But
> (phonological difficulties aside) the earliest attestation of<shark>,
> discussed here some time ago, predates Columbus's first voyage by 50
> years.

... and besides, it's just a straightforward semantic shift from a
plausible set of Germanic cognates.

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Trond Engen