Re: [tied] Slavic water birds

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11181
Date: 2001-11-16

I meant to write "< *beccatia (It. beccaccia) derived from *becca:tum ..."
 
Piotr
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Slavic water birds

... Fr. becasse (< *becca:tum 'beaked', based on a Gaulish word for "beak)