Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: b/m alternation in Thacian, Illyria and Abania

>>c^oavz^z^u "snipe" < *c^uH-
>>Cf. Dutch cuut Engl coot

> Clarification, that's Middle Dutch <cuut> (besides
> <coet>), modern koet (more usually known as meerkoet[je],
> I suppose to distinguish it from <koetje> "little cow").
> The modern form has unshifted /u/ (one would expect /u:/ >
> <ui>). My Du. etym. dict. suggests that E. <coot> could be
> a borrowing from MDu.

ME seems to have had /o:/: ME <cote>, <coote>. In 'þe
Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi & þe Soule' in the Auchinleck ms.
it's spelled <cot> but rhymed with <þrote>; in LdMisc 108
it's spelled <cote>. The MED finally has <Cuytt> (vr.
<Cute>) ?c1475.

Brian

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As snipes are not known for going koot koot koot,

What would be a possible etymology for this ?

Arnaud

http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/jack-snipe.asp
And all the time one can hear calls likened to a distant galloping horse.
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