[tied] Re: Cardinal Points: Vesper and Shower

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> And if I'm not wrong, Lithuanian s^iaur-
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> From: Daniel J. Milton
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> Subject: [tied] Re: Cardinal Points: Vesper and Shower
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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> > What are the cognates of Germanic *sku:raz "shower" and

Russian

> sever "north"?
> **********
> There's Latin 'caurus' "northwest wind".
> Dan

And the Greek 'skiron' " " .
I haven't seen a competent etymologist relate this one (the Latin I
found in Buck) but it certainly sounds like it belongs.
Dan