[tied] Re: OE *picga

--- In cybalist@..., Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tgpedersen
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> Subject: [tied] Re: OE *picga
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> Is that Russ. 'vorona' related the PIE *v-r-(t-) "turn" root (or

perhaps "raven" by metathesis?).

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> Neither. It's Slavic *worna < Balto-Slavic *wa:rna:, a vr.ddhied

feminine derivative of masculine *warnas (Slavic *wornU) 'raven'
(a.k. [onomatopoeically] a. *krauk- in Balto-Slavic), perhaps
connected with Skt. varn.a- 'cloak, mantle; dye, colour, ink' (among
other things).

> Piotr

By some odd coincidence, got that too.

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/bhrl.html
http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/wlr.html

Torsten