Re: [tied] Re: Hamster (was: Vanir,etc.)

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 29742
Date: 2004-01-18

17-01-04 16:27, Sergejus Tarasovas wrote:

> I must admit I know nothing about the history of Lith.
> _stãras_ 'ground squirrel, suslik (Citellus)' (thus at least in
> Standar Lithuanian). Slavic *storU 'hamster' is unknown to me.

Nor is it to me. Polish <chomik> (earlier <chomiek>) and East Slavic
<xom'ak> are of course truncated diminutives of *xome^stor.

Piotr