From: Piotr Gasiorowski Message: 29451 Date: 2004-01-12
12-01-04 16:10, tgpedersen wrote:
> Kuhn would probably call Middle Engl. <peas-> a Nordwestblock word
> travelling to England with the landnám.
It was ME pese [pe:z&] (pl. pesen) < OE pise ~ piose (pl. pisan),
borrowed from Lat. pisa (a by-form of pisum, pl. pisa; with peas the
distinction between sg. and pl. is notoriously problematic) <-- Gk.
pison ~ pisos.