Re: Whence Grimm?

> Gmc. *sad(u)laz is mysterious. I've seen suggestions that it might

be a

> loan from Indo-Iranian, but where in Indo-Iranian do we find a

plausible

> prototype attested with the meaning 'saddle'? If the word comes

from the

> same source as Slavic sed(U)lo (including the possibility of a

loan from

> Slavic), why on earth do they have different vocalism? Any ideas,

anybody?

>

I'd have thought that the -a- proved Indo-Iranian provenance (PIE e

> a).

On the gender thing: German <Sessel> is m., as is <Sattel>, perhaps
that's where it's from. But just above it in Duden was <Satte>
f. "bowl in which milk is left to curdle", D. suggests derivation
from Low German <setten>, since the word is North German, but no
explanation of the vowel. Kumyss? Where do all those sour-milk
traditions come from?

Torsten