Olives/was: Lactose Intolerance/Renfrew

[proto-language]

Dear Andrew and IEists:

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From: <Insouciant at aol.com>
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> First, let's derive <oli:va>:

> *eleiwa: 'olive' > *oleiwa: (possibly due to the 'pinguis', i.e. velar,
> nature of a final l) > *oli:wa: (cf. di:co : deiknumi) > ol:iva

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[PCR]
For whatever it may contribute to the discussion, I think there is a fair
possibility that *eleiwa: can be analyzed as consisting of *el-, 'brown' +
*eiwa:, 'yew', itself a composite of *ei-, 'red' + **we/o-, 'berry'. Please
notice the double asterisks for **we/o-; I am aware that it would be difficult
to prove this root from inside IE.

Pat

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