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At 14:37 6/10/2004, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
>Does anyone happen to know the origin of Latin <sanguis>, <sanguin>-
>("blood"). I can't find a PIE source. Is it thought to be Etruscan?
>Unknown? Surely its not connected with Greek <haima>?
Hittite _e-es-har_ gen. _(e-)es-ha-na-as_ 'blood' is
a possible though unlikely cognate. There are also
Vedic _as,rk_ gen. _asnas_ and Greek _ear_.
/BP 8^)
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