This updated 4th version has the further evidence that I didn't have time to add last night and two days ago, including my etymology of Mandragoras, Lathyrus, Staphule, Akhras/Akhlas, Akherdos, Basque andere, and more evidence for my etymology of Basque mandila and landila. In the 3rd version I added new etymologies for Latin lens (=lentil) and Albanian lend (=acorn) and an etymology for kerambelon explaining that word as Ker="crow" and Ambelon="to strike with fear" from "to strike" (compare Latin paveo="fear" from the PIE root *paw="to strike, hit"), in turn from Amb="pointed": compare Russian kolot="pointed" as well as "to strike". And I explain Amblus as deriving from "stricken" as well, and I show parallels for that. I also added my etymology of Ancient Greek mespilon (medlar, a very sweet fruit; and mespilon also meant hawthorn a plant with long thorns). More details about Basque mandila and landila. This is work that should land me a $500,000.00 grant/donation. Make that $1,000,000.00. Or more. I finally have discovered the actual etymology of Koriandron: it meant "Savory leaves" not "soft leaves". While Andrakhne meant "savory, tart" not "soft, tender". Salamandra meant "poisonous lizard': Salam="poisonous" as indicated so well by Salaminthe="spider". the Fire salamander has toxic skin. New etymologies for melon/malon: mel/mal/*sml="sweet"; new etymologies for malva/malache, for morphe, mermnos/mermnes and many more. I finally got these etymologies right after a few years of trying. Try, apply your mind, use those methods---there is much that can be done even without new archaeological discoveries.

A new work and one of my best. Take a look if you like, these are new etymologies for koriandron and skorodon and salamandra, not the ones I published before. For me this new etymology of skorodon is actually my first etymology of skorodon from 2005. Many new etymologies for many "Pre-Greek" Ancient Greek words, many of which or even all of which probably are Pre-Greek, but if so then one or more Pre-Greek languages may have been related to PIE, but not necessarily so. That's a mystery for now. Works like these get us closer to real answers to those questions. There are some root-words in common between Pre-Greek and Basque, but further than this it’s too soon to comment on that.