Re: Crows and Garlands

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 25172
Date: 2003-08-19

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" > > > >
Latin corvus 'crow' ....... I can't find this little group in
Torsten's k-r- words! They are related by the curve of a corvid's
beak. Latin _corvus_ also means some type of hook.
Richard.
********
Are you suggesting a derivation of 'corvus' from the *ker root,
based on the (not very prominent) hook of a raven's beak? Isn't it
more probable (and generally accepted) that the bird name is
onomatopoeic, and that the use for grabbing tools is a secondary
application in Latin?
Dan