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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
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> PIE *h2elut "beer" (Latin alu:men, English ale)
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This is a Wanderwort referring to some fermented drink found in several
languages:
Georgian (a)ludi 'beer'
Avar ridà 'whey'
Tsezi orodu 'beer'
Armenian ort 'wine' (possibly an Urartian loanword)
Albaian ardhi 'wine'
Basque ardao 'wine' < *arda-dano (second member from a root 'to drink')