andera 'woman' Celtic ?

roslyn frank roslynfrank at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 6 19:11:47 UTC 1999


>Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:43:19 +0100 (BST) Larry Trask wrote:

[snip]

>As far as I -- a non-specialist -- can see, the IE status of the word is
>demonstrated, and there is no problem to be solved by appealing to an
>implausible "Vasconic" influence.  And anyway Basque <andere> has both
>the wrong form and the wrong meaning.

Does this last comment mean that you believe the best simulation would
be one that doesn't link the Euskera items <andere> and <andre-> in
anyway whatsoever with the IE items? Including the Gk. ones?

Best regards,
Roz Frank
April 6, 1999



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