Re: [tied] sparrow

*s-per-  

Latin parus[titmouse]

Latinparra [sea eagle]=Umbrian parfa(<pareza:]

Grk sporgilos, spergoulos, psar [sterling]

Old Prussian spurglis [sparrow],spergla-

OHG sperche

Celtic sprawos [sterling, jackdaw]

Germanic sparwaz [sparrow]

Gamkrelidze/Ivanov on sparrows:

Gothic sparwa
Hesych sparásios
Epic Greek psé:r

Suddenly Latin 'passer' makes more sense. Does that mean the root
started with ps- ? I think Georgiev assigned all Greek words with ps-
and ks- to a substrate language.


Torsten