Re: [tied] Re: bildung

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 45320
Date: 2006-07-11

On 2006-07-11 18:22, Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> <bytla> 'builder'...

I forgot to add that <hol-bytla> 'hole-builder' was Tolkien's own
"etymology" of <hobbit>, "a word that might well be a worn-down form of
holbytla, if the name had occurred in our ancient language".

Piotr

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