Kurds and Georgians [and Basques]

[Rick Mc Callister]

>Remember that the term 'Iveria' etc. for the Georgians stems from
>Armenian iver-k` (Plural) 'Georgians'. As far as I know there are
>several proposals to relate the Armenian word to an IE source or to
>derive it from another Armenian source such as 'i ver' 'above' etc..
>This would give us 'iverk`' = 'those who live/are above (=north) of us'.

	So, could one postulate a Lusitanian form *uper-, *iper- for Ebro?
ie. the "super river", the "river from the heights", etc.?

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701