Re: [tied] Re: Fala

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 38057
Date: 2005-05-24

Daniel J. Milton wrote:

> The Eng. 'fall' (no etym. beyond OE in Watkins, Balt. and Arm.
> relatives in Buck and Pokorny) is unrelated.

The strong verb *fall-an- occurs everywhere in NWGermanic, and it's
non-attestation in Gothic may well be accidental. The external
"cognates" are indeed few and uncertain.

Piotr