Re: [tied] Re: Old swedish tungel, old english tungol

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 45231
Date: 2006-07-05

On 2006-07-05 08:54, Brian M. Scott wrote:

> And it really is Common Gmc.: Gothic has <tuggl> 'Gestirn'.
> The PGmc. is apparently a strong neuter *tungla-.

Just a thought: perhaps *dn.k^-ló-m 'bit, piece' > 'particle' from
*denk^- 'bite'?

Piotr