Re: Sumerian Lexicon

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Roger Mills <rfmilly@M...> wrote:
This appeared in another list:
http://www.sumerian.org/sumerlex.htm

>Quite interesting. But I'm more curious about:
>Does anyone know anything about the author? (he says he was a
>student at UCSB at some point)
>It seems to be legit scholarship, but is it actually? i.e. not
>wacked-out ravings
>Comments?
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I checked out the sample page he offers.  I'm always looking for
sources for vocabulary.  It was a section from "L" and included was
the word for juniper.  I don't have the expertise to comment on the
word itself, but I wonder about the etymology he gives for "juniper."
He says it comes from the Latin "juvenis," youth, and "parere," to
produce.  Why, then, does the AHD say that the origin of the Latin
word "juniperus" is unknown?  Folk etymologies always raise a red
flag for me.

Charlie
http:''wiki.frath,net/user:caeurleancentaur

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