Re: [tied] "Sinew" versus "Sinus"

From: alex_lycos
Message: 18623
Date: 2003-02-09

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
> I am pretty sure it was much later than that (Miguel, George or
> Marius are better qualified to give you the details). Gothic
> insáiljan (OE sæ:lan < *sailjan-) means 'bind with ropes', which is
> not quite the same as stitching


Actually, I seen more bad connections from Latin versus Romanian
regarding the semantism.
For example Latin "famiglia"= family which is supposed to be the
developed word for Romanian "femeie"= woman.
:-)))

Alex