Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Semitic/laban-
This Akkadian word is said to be from *laban- in PS, I checked the sole ref on its page and it tells nothing about etymology. Its transcription is <libittu> matching only /l/ and /b/ for the consonants. If related it would need a moving back to PS, if unrelated the etymology 2 of 𒋞 should be change (but how?), eventually if it's not known a "possibly related" should be added on both entries. Malku H₂n̥rés (talk) 08:14, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
- The PS is given an absurd gloss in that entry, and even with that stretch from "white" (the Arabic sense is likely a later development), it remains unclear how to connect dairy to bricks. It's all StarLing bullshit. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 16:41, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
I remembered this entry and found that *albʰós looks like *alban, both share the same meaning and the consonants /l/ and /b/ match. Also the PIE word is often reconstructed with an *a. This and the presumed absence of *b in PIE could suggest a borrowing from a language containing *b and *a as do PWS. This language and PIE were likely contemporary as other borrowings exist like Proto-West Semitic *wayn-. As I don't have sources for this, I prefer to ask here before to know if such a proposition is relevant. Malku H₂n̥rés (talk) 15:19, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
- Why would they borrow "white"? If you compare a bunch of words, eventually you'll find some lookalikes through pure chance. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 17:22, 26 August 2020 (UTC)