>
> The ultimate origin of PBSl. c'(w)árka: is an independent
question. In
> the light of our previous discussions I consider a borrowing from
> "Dacian" to be a serious hypothesis, one that provides the word
with a
> reasonable etymology (< *kWersnah2) and explains its form much
better
> than any other that I've seen. But even if its etymology is
different,
> Slavic *s(v)orka remains the most plausible source of Hung.
szarka, as I
> suppose nearly everyone on this list will agree.
>
That would make -kah2 (?) a suffix?
"Blackbird":
Da. 'solsort', dial. 'selsort', 'soelsot', Fyn 'solsut'
MDa. 'sols(v)ort' (solsot, sulsort), Scanian 'solsvärta'
Jysk 'sosort', 'sosset', Nw. dial. 'susvorta', 'sysvorta'
('sur-', 'svinsvorta', 'sviisvorta', 'sisvort',
ONw 'súsvo,rt' "nightingale" =? OEng. 'sugesweard',
supposedly "black as a sow' (?).
First element is officially a cognate of 'sallow' etc (but sounds
like 'sol' "sun"). Second is officially 'sort' "black"
Now if this is true, then *swart- "black" in Germanic is a loan from
a satem-language. Nice.
To add to the confusion I'd like to remind of Vennemann's connection
of *swart-/*surt- with Basque 'su' "fire" (one combining form:
'sug-'), with other traces in German 'schwelen' "smolder",
Da. 'svide' "scorch" etc.
BTW, doesn't also the "sun"-word fit in nicely here?
Torsten