Re: Stacking up on standard works

Isn't kuparissos cognate with Biblical English gopher(wood)? Isn't it also the source of the toponym Cyprus? What is the exact Hebrew form? If it is from IE, could it be from Philistine?

--- On Wed, 3/6/13, Tavi <oalexandre@...> wrote:

From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
Subject: [tied] Re: Stacking up on standard works
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 7:15 AM

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <sean@...> wrote:
>
> citrum = fragrant wood of the citrus tree, citrus L; kédros =
cedar/juniper, kédron = juniper berry G;
>
This word has been already discussed here:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/51755

It's a "Mediterranean" Wanderwort which possibly reached Latin through
Etruscan (Ernout-Meillet) and is related to Semitic *k.utr- 'smoke,
incense':
http://newstar.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=/data/sem\
ham/semet&text_number=+3078&root=config

It's also conceivable Greek kupárissos 'cypress' has a similar
etymology as a Pre-Greek derivative of IE *kwep- 'smoke, to boil'
(Georgiev).