r and s in Turkic

[H.M.Hubey]

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Ralf-Stefan Georg wrote:
>
> from Ar. bazz and Gk. byssos (the b>p, a>i changes are all regular and
> expected, the meanings are identical, and byssos is one of the most
> successful Wanderwvrter of Mediterranian origin in the whole of Asia (
> matched only by diphthera and nomos, possibly); it would be bewildering
> *not* to find it in Chuvash somehow (and hardly imaginable that it would
> end up as anything but /pir/ there) !
 
Speaking about Wanderworter, I have been wondering about one myself.
The word 'ak' in Turkic (these days meaning 'white' and 'to flow')
seems to be one of these also. For example, aqua, eku (Hittite, to
drink),
ich (Turk. to drink), akar (that which flows) > watar?,
aryk (water canal), and even shows up as lots of words with 'ar' root
in them in Dravidian (Lahovary) and I think 'Mediterratean' as 'ar',
and 'sar', etc.
 
Is that possible?
 
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Best Regards,
Mark
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