Re: Lat. "Arbor"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Petr Hrubis <hrubisp@...> wrote:

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> Hello everyone,
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> could somebody possibly help me with the etymology of Lat. "arbor",

please?

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> This is what Pokorny says:
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> Proto-IE: *arbh- ?
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> Germanic: *arb-ō(n-) f. > German: Arbe, Arfe `Pinus cembra'
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> Latin: arbor / arbo:s, -oris f. `Baum'; arbutus, -i: f.

`Hagapfelbaum, Erdbeerbaum, Arbutus unedo L.'

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Buck's "Synonyms":
"etym. dub., perh.(through a by-form with 'dh' besides 'd'
Lat. 'arduus' "high", "tall"" etc. with development through "growth"
or "tall" (cf. Boh. 'strom')."
I'd be inclined to leave it at "etym. dub.", but there's a suggestion.
Dan