> Actually, the secondary meaning of the 'winter' root is 'one year (of
> survival)' ...'Yearling' is derived
> from that.
On this topic, what might be the origin of the word "hogget" for the meat
from a "two-tooth" (a one-year old sheep)? I've not met the term in the
UK, but it's common in NZ. Unsurprisingly, it's not in my etymological
dictionaries!