[tied] Re: Orlog revisited

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

> On 05-01-18 22:56, alex wrote:
>
> > which fits very well with Rom. "urzi" to plot, to conspire. cf

DEX <

> > Latin "ordire".
>
> Unrelated. The original meaning of <ordior> was 'begin to weave,

lay the

> warp'. The first syllable (<or->) is part of the root here, not a
> suffix, and the <-r-> goes back to *r, not to rhotacised *s.
>

Curious though, the Norns, the association with weaving, the spindle
imagery found among the Germanic Matres figures and the Roman Fates.
I wonder if there was some play on words going on?

I take it these terms all stem from the root *ord-?
How does that relate to *ar- which is also considered the root
of "order" and other such words?

-Aydan