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Re: maize in ancient india: strong transpacific links are indicated
In article <5a4ovp$5b2@nr1.vancouver.istar.net>, akaulins@aol.com says:
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>By the way,
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>for all the linguists out there looking for the "possible"
>proto-Language? root word for MAIZE
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>one possibility to consider might be Latvian MIZA meaning???.....
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>"hull, skin", i.e. a hulled plant, a grain.
>as root in NUO-ZALE "of the green" > MIZALE > MAIZE(LE)> MAIZE.
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>- Andis Kaulins (J.D. Stanford University, 1971)
This is interesting!
Kerry A. Shirts
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