Re: [tied] Latin barba in disaccord with Grimm's Law?

From: tgpedersen
Message: 45057
Date: 2006-06-23

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> I doubt. Why not the same assimilation in faba too
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There's a good chance the "bean" word is a loan, cf
Proto-Bantu (Guthrie) -bÓnÒ "castor-oil bean, plant"
(in case the Germanic word is related to faba).


Torsten