IE "Urheimat" and evidence from Uralic linguistics

Hans Holm Hans_Holm at h2.maus.de
Mon Jan 31 08:00:00 UTC 2000


A>Persian took the word {wa} = and" from Arabic.

.. and Turcic seems to have done so, too; but without some more arguments
this is speculation in the moment.
And these are not just "any" words but belonging to the language of very
long lasting islamic regimes.
I think, as a reason for borrowing, a "homophone load" alone will not do.

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  Hans J Holm
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