Re: Polynesian and South American place names

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:05:18 GMT

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:42:31 GMT, "Peter T. Daniels"
> <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >And [Hamp] calls the pre-Slavic but IE substratum in Slavic "Circassian."
>
> I thought it was "Cimmerian".

That sounds better! Circassian is an actual language.

Anyway, Hamp wouldn't posit identifiable substrates without good reason
_and_ strict sound laws. 

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Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net