<Language> Nostratic word and distance measures

[Patrick C. Ryan]

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Dear Mark and Linguists:


----- Original Message -----
From: H. Mark Hubey <HubeyH at mail.montclair.edu>
To: language <language at iliad.montclair.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: <Language> Nostratic word and distance measures



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Pat wrote:
> > 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').

Mark asked:
> 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?

Pat answers:
No, not at all. There are two IE roots involved in the words you cited: the
other is *1. (s)p(h)el-, split, split off, splinter off, rip off'; and the
related *(s)p(h)elg-.

For Semitic, one might also notice Arabic ba:na (byn) (IE *bhei-n-, listed
under *bhei(6)-, beat), became separated, severed, disunited, cut off; and
balaqa, open.

Pat

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