John D. Bengtson & Corinna Leschber 2021. Notes on some Pre-Greek words in relation to Euskaro-Caucasian (North Caucasian + Basque). Journal of Language Relationship / Voprosy jazykovogo rodstva 19/2, 71-98. By Corinna Leschber and John D Bengtson

https://www.academia.edu/57113702/John_D_Bengtson_and_Corinna_Leschber_2021_Notes_on_some_Pre_Greek_words_in_relation_to_Euskaro_Caucasian_North_Caucasian_Basque_Journal_of_Language_Relationship_Voprosy_jazykovogo_rodstva_19_2_71_98?nav_from=2669725d-cc8b-4376-98d2-b43d197fcd3a A "Pre-Greek" substratum underlying the Indo-European Greek language has been suspected for a long time. There is no reason to suppose that there was only one "Pre-Greek" language; the region where Greek was and is spoken may have been multilingual, with languages of diverse origins. In the following study a limited number of etyma are examined that seem to bear witness to a widespread Euskaro-Caucasian language (or language family) associated with the spread of agriculture out of Anatolia. Greek words like ἀκαρί 'mite', μαστός 'breast, teat', β/μύσταξ 'upper lip, mustache', ξύλον 'wood, timber', and ψῡχή 'breath' are basic and not likely to be cultural loans, and could reflect genuine relics of a Euskaro-Caucasian Pre-Greek language. The examples discussed here are probably part of a much larger subset that a thorough study of Furnée' s and Beekes' total list of "Pre-Greek" words might yield. Keywords: Basque language; North Caucasian languages; Euskaro-Caucasian hypothesis; Pre- Greek language; linguistic substrates. ...