Re: [tied] IE words for spleen

On Sat, 07 May 2005 12:53:34 +0000, Carl
<datalampa@...> wrote:

>I´ve been looking for an etymological explanation for the french word
>for spleen, rate, but haven´t been able to find it.

It's probably from a Germanic word for honey-comb (Du.
raat).

>To me, rate,
>seems celtic but since I´ve found out that the celtic words correspond
>to the latin lien and greek splen I don´t know what to think.

Celtic *bistlo gives Occ. bèscle (besides mèlsa, mèusso =
Cat. melsa, perhaps also from Germanic *milti).

>Also, the spanish word boza

<bazo>, perhaps from BADIU "red-brown" (which should have
given, and gives, <bayo>).

>and the german Zorn seems to be unexplainable by
>looking them up on the internet.

Does Zorn mean spleen? AFAIK, the word is Milz.


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