tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post7351331756927307949..comments2024-02-07T23:25:07.429-06:00Comments on Bell Beaker Blogger: Differences in Early Neolithic Dairy (Spiteri et al, 2016)bellbeakerbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848982163843593127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-10788027707029957542016-12-03T06:30:14.173-06:002016-12-03T06:30:14.173-06:00Maybe dairy farming also entered Europe from the M...Maybe dairy farming also entered Europe from the Maghreb. Archaeological evidence of dairying in Libya c. 7kya, and then northwestern Mediterranean and British Isles not so long after. Plus introgression of African cattle mtDNA haplogroups into European cattle in these regions. 'Butter' in Hausa is 'man shanu'; we see similar word root in Welsh ('menyn'); Old Portuguese: 'manteiga'; Galician: 'manteiga'; Mirandese: 'manteiga'; Asturian: 'mantega'; Spanish: 'manteca'; Aragonese: 'manteca'; Catalan: 'mantega'. The Iberian variants are hypothesised to be derived from Celtiberian. I would suggest an ultimate origin in Afroasiatic/Chadic. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013399855770625556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6886680068187530519.post-786343597615716972016-11-15T16:26:34.342-06:002016-11-15T16:26:34.342-06:00Such a treat for me to read this: "sieve sher...Such a treat for me to read this: "sieve sherds".<br /><br />I've been looking at ancient global roots of words, and found *xya to be shed(water), shade(light) & shield; and was trying to match *xyua to 'through' as in a basket filter, I never even thought of a ceramic *sieve*. Thanks. DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.com