Re: Hamster (was: Vanir,etc.)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Sergejus Tarasovas"
<S.Tarasovas@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>
> > What are the implications for the Balto-Slavonic *storos ( >
> > Lithuanian _staras_ 'hamster') that João mentioned in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/18724 ? Do we
> assume
> > an abbreviated form?

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A naive suggestion perhaps, but how about this being simply
Lith. 'storas' "thick, bulky", ultimately > *sta- (per Buck
under "old")?
Dan