Re: swallow vs. nighingale

On 2007-10-20 13:51, tonsls wrote:

> In luscinius the -cin-
> segment, i.e. the unstressed version of can- = sing, is readily
> detectable. So, apparently, both Roman and Germanic names simply
> stressed the bird's singing (or human brain-effect) feature.

Cf. va:ticinius 'prophetic'. Any guessses as regards the lus- part?
Lewis & Short suggest a connection with *k^leu-, which I can't take
seriously. The Proto-Romance variant *ruscinia (as if = 'country
singer', excuse the pun) is surely folk-etymological, isn't it?

Piotr