Re: [tied] Re: *-tro-/*-tlo-

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

I think a bill is a blade on a pole, like a pruning
hook. And if I remember correctly, it from French
bille, which from what I've read is from Gaulish and
refers to the pole, hence billiards

[snip]

> >
> > The Greek word may be *méd-tro-, with the same
> root
> > as in Gmc. *met-a/i-
> > 'mete out, measure' treatment of *-d-tr/lo- as in
> > Gmc. *seTla- <
> > *séd-tlo- and *Billa- 'sword' < *BiDla- <
> > *bHid-tló-. That would explain
> > the short vowel _and_ the absence of aspiration
> > induced by *h1.
>
> What part are you concerned about? Greek doesn't
> show tr>thr after
> xY, (*ter-xY-trom > G téretron). And isn't bill "a
> particular kind"
> of sword?
>

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