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Sumer (the word)

Brunetti

From:	Brunetti
Subject:	Sumer (the word)
Date:	21 Jan 2005 04:15:32 -0800

The words 'Sumer' and 'Sumerian' go back to Akkadian. In Sumerian
itself, the term was KI.EN.GI(.R)
Does anybody know the origin and etymology of the stem 'sumer-'?

Mardoek1