Re: Indian Salmon and Greek Ants (was Re: an axe to grind)

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:10:46 -0500, R A Brown <ray@...>
wrote:

> Paul Bennett wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:29:03 -0500, wayne chevrier
>> <wachevrier@...> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> "Lakh" actually means "one hundred thousand", but in Greek the words
>>> for  "ten thousand" and "ant" are related.
>>   10K, 100K? What's a power of 10 between friends? ;-)
>>  I can more easily see the connection between "myriad" and "myrmi-".
>
> Hang on - the root of the word for 'ant' is: murma:k- (in Doric) -->
> myrme:k- (Ionic & Koine).
Fine. Worth noting though, is that I was responding to a claim of their
relatedness, not making that claim.




Paul