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Melroch 'Aestan wrote:
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 alsoVedic _as,rk_ gen. _asnas_ and Greek _ear_.
Hmmm, to me those look like they come from a completely different root, though I'm not sure what its hypothetical PIE form might be ... *esr or something.
Cheers, Carl -- Carl Edlund Anderson http://www.carlaz.com/