Re: Drip

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> Finno-Volgaic *pis(´)a- "drips" >
> Mordva piz´e- "rains"
> Finnish pisa-ra "drop"
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Estonian pisara "tear", pisu "droplet", "ember/spark"

> ?=
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> French pisser ('le moteur pisse l'huile', says my French dictionary)
> and the corresponding words in Germanic, which, because of *p-, must
> be at least Nordwestblock.
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> Torsten
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You are not suggesting a common origin for;

Eng. pissing down rain, and
Fin. piskata sadetta (to small droplet rain) ;-) ?

Peter P