From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 70327
Date: 2012-10-29
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes"Why do I think that we're not going to get any evidence for
> <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 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')