Re: [tied] Re: cardinal points

On Sat, 10 May 2003 07:43:54 +0200, alex_lycos <altamix@...>
wrote:

>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tolgs001" <gs001ns@...>
>> Another explanation might be the fact that
>> those Germanic tribes (Goths, Vandals and esp
>> Gepids in what's now the Western part of Romania)
>> stayed there (N & S of the Danube) for a time
>> span too short for leaving lexical traces
>
>They have been there (the goths and gepidae) some longer as the Romans.
>The Germanic "heulen" ( see Rom. "hãuli"),

German heulen (Du. huilen, Dan. hyle, MHG hiuweln) is a verb derived
from the name of the owl (OHG hu:wila "owl"). If the Romanian is
connected, it can only be borrowed from new High German, not from
Middle or Old High German, Gothic or Gepidic.

>the germanic word for "owl"
>which is "uhu" ( se room. "buhã")

From Latin bufo, bubo

>see Gothic "azyma" ( unsalated bread)
>and Rom. "azima",

From Greek a-zymos.

>see Germanic "mehl" rom. "mãlai",

mãlai "cornflour", mãlãieT "mellow, soft". Unlikely to have anything
to do with Mehl.

>see german "fotze",
>Rom. "puTã"

puTã < Latin putea "pit(s)"


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