The discussion on another board I frequent may be of interest to AWAD-ites. It started with whether there was any connection between the Indo-European and Semitic languages and has now deviated to the Eskimo words for snow chestnut.
http://forums.about.com/ab-ancienthist/messages/?msg=3224.1

I came across this authoritative-looking reference for a discussion on the Eskimos and snow topic:

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/eskimo-snow-words.html

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