02-05-2010, 03:13 AM
Quote:Another issue with 'sorp>sarabha' (raised by Koenraad Elst) has been conveniently bypassed.
Sanskrit has a large number of words with the suffix '-bha'. E.g gardabha, karabha, ibha etc.
In FU, we see that many cognates of 'sorp' do not have the 'p' ending. The Samoyedic languages have no suffix and even some FU languages have non 'p' ending.
It may be that the FU word for elk was influenced by IA 'sarabha' rather than the other way around; leading to FU taking the form 'sorp'.
Ravilochanan

