Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 10, 2003, 12:21 |
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En réponse à John Cowan :
>It's not 100% clear that dent- originally meant "tooth". Its formal
>English equivalent "tine" (< ME "tind", as in JRRT's "Tindrock") means
>"sharp projection", as on a fork, and has no connection with eating.
For what is worth, in French such a thing is called "dent", meaning
definitely "tooth", which for me is no different from talking about the
"foot" of a mountain.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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