Re: Whence Grimm?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "CG" <sonno3@...> wrote:

> > Saddle is not the same word as OE setl and OHG sezzal
> > (English settle "seat" is).
>
> Sorry - I was reading/typing a bit fast today, and didn't check my
> post very carefully.
>
> I meant to say that English saddle may come from PIE o-grade *sod-
> dhlo-m (according to Watkins, DIER) with related forms OE setl &

OHG

> sezzal coming from PIE *sed-lo-m.
>

That proposal was mentioned before, but I don't think you see
the "tool" suffix *-tlo with a root in the o-grade.

Torsten