<Language> Nostratic word and distance measures

[H. Mark Hubey]

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"Patrick C. Ryan" wrote:
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> > In Turkic 'bOl' (where O=o-umlaut) means "to divide, to split" so
> > the word could have been bOlek (compare to balag in Sumerian).
> > There is also 'bile' (to sharpen) and bilew (whetstone). Then there
> > is 'UlUsh' (where U=u-umlaut, meaning share,ration, division)
> > which seems should derive from 'bOlUsh' (division). It is agreed
> > upon by Turkologists that *p > *h >0  for initial p in Turkic.
> > Some words with initial h can still be found in Khalaj and found
> > sporadically in others. So if we had *p > b  in some words and
> > *p>h>0 in others these words would fit together.
> >
> > What root is offered for this word in other languages such as
> > Semitic and IE?

> You have already cited examples in IE derived from IE *bhei-l- and Semitic
> (pilakku). Of course, there is Arabic fala¿a, 'cleave, split', which
> probably is related. I suspect the real cognate is fa:la (fyl), 'weak in
> judgment' ('split').

What reconstructed root is offered for the word in IE and Semitic?
It sounds like Arabic is derived from an earlier pilakku, and fa:la
seems to also derive from some other form. I think we need a root.
Does *bhei-l obey the regularity rule to derive Greek pelekus, or
Sanskrit parachu?

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Sincerely,
M. Hubey
hubeyh at mail.montclair.edu
http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~hubey
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