Re: [tied] West bird

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 43199
Date: 2006-02-01

On 2006-02-01 10:37, tgpedersen wrote:

[Piotr]
>>>> This, however, can well be an analogical deformation of older
>>>> *wesp-ero- < *we-kWsp-ero- (cf. Skt. ks.ap- 'night'), through
>>>> which we can explain <west>, <vesper> and <vec^er> at one time.

[Torsten]
>>> That would be nice, but it constitues no proof.

[Brian]
>> If proof is what you want, ... . <g>

[Torsten]
> Evidently I am in the right line of business ... ;-)

There's some further evidence in the shape of Arm. gis^er < wek(W)sero-.

Piotr