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Wanderwort




Some ancient loanwords are connected with the spread of Writing System s, an example would be Sumerian ''musar'',
Akkadian ''musarum'' 'document, seal', apparently
  • mudra'' `seal' ( Middle Iranian ''muhr'', Sanskrit ''mudrā''). Some even older, late Neolithic , wanderwörter have been suggested, e.g. Sumerian ''gu-'', PIE ''gwou-'' ' Cattle ', or Sumerian ''balag'', Akkadian ''pilaku-'', PIE ''pelek'u-'' ' Axe '.