Re: Why do Pokorny's roots for water have an "a" in front?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>
> > The thing is not all the IE roots found in Pokorny's or
> > elsewhere come from the language. In particular, those
> > with non-ablauting /a/ are most likely from substrate
> > languages which I collectively call "paleo-IE", as
> > opposite to the language(s) of the Steppe People, which I
> > call Kurganic and is roughly similar to traditional "PIE".
>
> Note, however, that you would do well to take Tavi's ideas
> with a large shaker of salt: most of them are far from the
> scholarly consensus, and Tavi has been unable to support
> them with the kind of evidence demanded by most historical
> linguists.
>

For more information about paleo-IE and 'water' words, I'd recommend you
Villar et al. (2011): "Lenguas, genes y culturas en la prehistoria de
Europa y Asia suroccidental", which our friend Brian hasn't yet bothered
to read.

http://books.google.es/books/about/Lenguas_Genes_y_Culturas_En_La_Prehis\
tor.html?hl=en&id=BAwzUADajUwC