Re: plough

--- In cybalist@..., tgpedersen@... wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:
> > On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:08:54 -0000, tgpedersen@... wrote:
> >
> > >--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:
> >
> > >In the latter case you would expect the
> > >name of the product to be derivable in the language spoken in

the

> > >region (cf "plough" from *pl- "swim" or "split").
> >
> > PIE *pl- becomes fl- in Germanic, so no.
> >
> I am actually aware of that.
> Which is why I proposed that it is a loan in Germanic, see
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/9145
> and above.
>
> Torsten

Many linguists (including those of Germanic origin, if this matters)
treat Germanic 'plough'-word as an import from the south, probably
from the Pannonian region or whereabout (some extremists even insist
on pre-Slavic as a source). If Miguel has his objections, what is an
alternative native etymology then?

Sergei