Re: PIE suffix =t in food?

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 70327
Date: 2012-10-29

At 1:00:51 PM on Monday, October 29, 2012, Tavi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes"
> <josimo70@...> wrote:

>> PIE *h2elut "beer" (Latin alu:men, English ale)

> This is a Wanderwort referring to some fermented drink
> found in several languages:

> Georgian (a)ludi 'beer'
> Avar ridí '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')

Why do I think that we're not going to get any evidence for
this assertion?