From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 3108
Date: 2000-08-13
*MOL- OldHighGerman mol, molm "salamander, lizard" Armenian moléz "lizard" Russian mlok (< *muluku?) "newt"
*GWERDH- [frog,toad] OHG kreta "frog" Grk batrakhos (<*brathakos) "frog, Lat bruscus (<*gwordhskos), "tree frog, little frog" , bufo (<Osc-Umb gwrdh-s-bh-on?), "toad"
*BOIDH- OldEnglish pad (<CGer paid-) "frog, paddock, Lat bufo (<OscUmb <boidhon?) "toad"
*GWÉBH- "frog,tadpole" German quabbe Dutch kwabbe OldSaxon quappa Danish kvabbe Lat bufo (<*gwobho-?) OldSlavic "aba "frog". Portuguese sapo "toad" (from same IE Iberian language? Ligurian?)
*(nokwti-) PER@... {bat, night flyer} Latin vespertilio (<*vesper-peri-tilion?) Grk nykteris (<*nykt-peris?) Czech nyetopyr Polish. nietoperz (<*nekto-peri) Lithuanian sparnis?< *s-por(n)i-(?)
Any clue?
Joao SL
Rio de Janeiro