Re: [tied] Padus

From: alex_lycos
Message: 21560
Date: 2003-05-06

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
>
> The Greek word is <pe:dos> or <pa:dos> and stands (probably) for the
> mahaleb cherry, _Prunus (Cerasus) mahaleb_, a tree of Near Eastern
> origin. It doesn't even grow in forests :-)
>
> Piotr
>

that has nothing to say since the celtic ( if celtic) should be
"urverwandt" with the Greek word.
What is important here ( and negative for my idea) is that the root is
damm, too short and one can make anything of it, it can be speculated
much too much without a real basis, so how I said, better I leave it for
a while:-)