--- In cybalist@... s.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
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> On 2009-06-08 12:38, tgpedersen wrote:
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> > 'Stinker' is not prosaic enough for you? ;-)
> > But how would an epithet of grazing set it apart from other grazing
> > animals?
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> *wes- often implies eating one's full (as in Goth. wisan 'live
> sumptuosly, make merry' or Lat. ve:scor) -- so not just _any_ grazer
> but the Big Grazer (40-60 kg a day).
Interesting move. That would undercut any attempt to introduce Uralic elements in Polish onomastics such as you do here too:
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/18081
BTW, how come the rule -s-R- -> -ks-R- in Wisl/a vs. Weichsel occurs also in Lith. (tukstantis) and Finnish (one of the declinations has nom. -s, gen. -ksen, Sibeliuksen, Nurmeksen)?
And also, since the *wis- root means "green" besides "stinking; toxic", as an epithet of rivers it perhaps just meant "full of duckweed etc"?
Torsten
As in bad tasting meat? Bison is kind of tasteless compared to beef, kind bland, almost watery, but excellent for anything with sauces. I don't know about wisent. Maybe Piotr can sneak us some wisentburgers.