Re: [tied] Re: Non-IE elements in Scandinavian

>I've also noticed that all my suggestions for non-IE words have been
>explained etymologically as IE. Although it is possible for example to
>explain 'fjell' as derived from 'fall', then about any word can be
>explained as derived from another. Torsk = cod could for example be
>explained as derived from tosk = jerk/idiot.

But Fjell clearly is not a derivative of "fall" but rather seems to stem
from PIE *Pelis/Pels which also gives Irish All (perhaps Gaulish Alesia),
Greek pella, Indic pasya, Germanic *falisa (became Old French falise) .

-C. Gwinn