Re: [tied] Re: Irish word >>mór<< 'BIG' and Romanian >>mare<

According to C.T. Onions's Dictionary, < Old French ahuge, ahoge, ahoege, of unknown origin.

Carl Hult <datalampa@...> escreveu:

Or the mediterrenean. By the way, what´s the story behind "huge"?
Anyone who knows where that word comes from?

Carl Hult

onsdagen den 3 augusti 2005 kl 16.34 skrev C. Darwin Goranson:

> > In celtic Maros = Big/Great
> > Maro(s)
> > Grand/Immense
> >
> > Etymologie
> >
> > Indo-Européen Mar/Moro
> >
> > Irlandais Mar/Mór . Gallois Mawr. Breton Meur. Manx Mooar
> > Sanskrit Maha
>
> Wait a minute. Is this the same root as "sea"? That would make good
> sense, considering the awe a Proto-Indo-European tribesman would feel
> upon seeing the Caspian or the Black Sea.
>
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