Re: [tied] Re: Birds

From: Marc Verhaegen
Message: 3897
Date: 2000-09-19

Ah, yes. But, ornithologically speaking, these original "penguins" are more correctly called great auks and are now extinct (and so rarer than the capercailzie). Which said, both etymologies are beyond reproach.
 
"Coot" (as well as Dutch "koet") are connected by some with Welsh "cwtair"

Piotr wrote:

> Will "coot" and "grebe" do?
I think they are both analysable as
> ultimately Brythonic, even if
borrowed indirectly.

I was actually thinking of "gull" and "penguin".  My English
dictionary says "coot" is from Middle Dutch "coet" and leaves
it at that.  For "grebe" it just gives French "grèbe", and my
small dictionnaire étymologique says "origine inconnue" for
"grèbe".

I find:

koet [vogel]: middelnl. coet, cuut, eng. kite [wouw], hd. Kauz [uil], genoemd naar het geluid, vgl. gr. goè [weeklacht], oudindisch gavate [hij klinkt], jogù [luidzingend, prijzend].

And:

koet  vogelnaam waarsch. naar zijn geluid, vgl. koeteren, zie: meerkoet.

Onomatopoeic?

Marc