[language] Re: The root of "sun"

[H.M. Hubey]

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"H.M. Hubey" wrote:

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> What is the root of English "sun".
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> It has the -Vn root, and seems remarkably related to other roots for
> "burning", "fire" etc.

I can't resolve this problem.

Many IE words have sun, sonne, zon, sunna, sol, sole etc. Even in Germanic
there is sol. So once again we see almost free interchange of l=r=n.

Then there is Turkic kan IE sang. Turkic ku"n, IE sun. There is much more.

But there is evidence that it was earlier with t, e.g. tu"t (to smoke), tuman (smoke),

tuban (mist), tIbIr (hearth), Sumerian tab, tamIdh (Clauson)  but Turkic kab(in) etc.
Nilo-Saharan also has something like *tu (for fire, smoke etc).

So once again, is there a t>s and t>k or was it really k>s.

Still looking for the smoking gun.

BTW, others Celtic has gr roots (e.g. kIr/kIz etc e.g. red) like Slavic kr- for
red. Sanskrit has aruna, and arusa (other words for sun) e.g. from *athun, *athur,
etc.

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M. Hubey

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