Re: Origin of *h2arh3-trom 'plough'

***R Has anyone ever worked with Brown's data on Cretan and other substrate in Greek? There are at least a handful of words that seem to have congeners in Etruscan. But someone with a bit of time needs to go over them all.

From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Origin of *h2arh3-trom 'plough'

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" bm.brian@ wrote:
>
> No. I'm pointing out that your quasi-religious faith that
> 'these Germanic-Afrasian (especially Semitic) isoglosses
> must reflect the languages spoken in Central Europe
> Neolithic' is just that: an article of faith. Linguistic
> conclusions require linguistic support.
>
> > I'm sure you're acquainted with Bomhard's and Vennemann's work (I

hope

> > you won't call them "Pyramidiots" or other silly word.), are you?

This

> > where I inferenced my conclusion.
>

There's also the evidence of Etruscan and its relatives such as Minoan
(the Tyrrhenian family), which I regard as direct descendents of the
languages spoken in Neolithic Europe.