[tied] Re: *(H-)p/bh[-r/l-] again again

> > >But I am not incline to consider /*p(e)it-/ as IE for "pea".

Apart

> > >from Greek /pi:^sos/ (< /*pi:t-/ ?) and latin /pi:sum/ (from
> Greek),
> >
> > Grk. písos, Lat. pisum (short i).
>
> Ooops! My memory failed. Perhaps it is a signal of an incipient

form

> of demence. I wonder where I picked this long /i:/ up.
>
> > >what IE connection can you find in other languages with this
> peculiar
> > >meaning?
> >
> > Isn't that enough? In the general sense of "food", we have OIr.
> <ith>
> > "*Nahrung, Korn, Getreide", OWe. <it> (< Pre-Celtic *pitu-).
>
> Celtic /*itus/ derives from /*pitu-/ and developed to the Welsh

word,

> I knew of it. But it central meaning seems to be "corn". An

homophone

> item is found also in Welsh hydronyms, but in that case it cannot
> have the same origin.
> But connections with peas are still definitely strange to me.

Kuhn would probably call Middle Engl. <peas-> a Nordwestblock word
travelling to England with the landnám.

Torsten