tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post5769915521633150306..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: A Mediterranean flute wanderwordGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-20779075234003235252010-08-05T22:46:41.176-05:002010-08-05T22:46:41.176-05:00I should also add that Puhvel offers a different t...I should also add that Puhvel offers a different translation for Hittite <i>auli-</i>, that is, 'spleen' (<a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=LbG8vw_pva8C&pg=PA231&lpg=PA231&dq=%22auli-+denotes+a+fleshy%22&source=bl&ots=_RIiFlV6sD&sig=RxwA8IOx3NBYqg-Zyrlpz7NO7Hg&hl=en&ei=5IRbTMf3O4HmsQOwism5Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-52941024844230549342010-08-04T18:35:56.997-05:002010-08-04T18:35:56.997-05:00I highly doubt that this term is going to appear i...I highly doubt that this term is going to appear in the impoverished Minoan records unless Minoan traders were somehow importing a lot of flutes. :o)<br /><br />I notice that both Beekes and the Hittite Etymological Dictionary that you linked to consider <a href="http://www.indoeuropean.nl/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=leiden&morpho=0&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cgreek&first=1&text_lemma=&Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-39587972408322276982010-08-03T15:00:18.534-05:002010-08-03T15:00:18.534-05:00It would not suprise me to see such a name borrowe...It would not suprise me to see such a name borrowed all across the western hemisphere. I say this because the names of many musical instruments tend to be quite ancient (I have read some really interesting articles on this topic). Many of them likely stem from the Ancient Near East. The word you mentioned is no exception.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I was unable to find any good Linear A examples Andras Zekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850805830621290277noreply@blogger.com