From: tgpedersen
Message: 25718
Date: 2003-09-10
> At 6:51:38 AM on Tuesday, September 9, 2003, tgpedersenRight; and it does officially (also by memory).
> wrote:
>
> > And (by memory) Old Irish labh "hand".
>
> Almost: it's <lám>, later <lámh>. Leiden is down at the
> moment, but I suspect that this goes under *pel&- 'flat; to
> spread', with Latin <palma>.
>