Re: [tied] Re: Almost NO Indian or Iranian scholars active in IE li

In a message dated 2/29/2004 1:04:54 PM Central America Standard Tim, piotr.gasiorowski@... writes:

<morass> is ultimately the same word as <marsh>. Both reflect PGmc.
*mariska- <*morisko-, a derivative of *mori-. OE mer(i)sc and Mod.E
marsh are its straight-line descendants, whereas <morass> is a loan from
Old French mareis, which itself is a loan from Germanic. A loan
returned, in this case.

Piotr

Dear Piotr,

Thanks, does the root go back as far as IE or is it a more modern coincidence or borrowing. The Old French mareis would obviously come from the Latin mare, sea, and Celtic mer, anything else interesting?

Best regards, John Piscopo