[tied] Re: Irish word >>mór<< 'BIG' and Romanian >>mare<< '

From: C. Darwin Goranson
Message: 39495
Date: 2005-08-03

> In celtic Maros = Big/Great
> Maro(s)
> Grand/Immense
>
> Etymologie
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> Indo-Européen Mar/Moro
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> Irlandais Mar/Mór . Gallois Mawr. Breton Meur. Manx Mooar
> Sanskrit Maha

Wait a minute. Is this the same root as "sea"? That would make good
sense, considering the awe a Proto-Indo-European tribesman would feel
upon seeing the Caspian or the Black Sea.