Re: [tied] Re: Lat. "Arbor"

< *ardHw- "tall, high", cf. Latin arduus, Celtic Ardvina, goddess of Ardennes, Avestan Ardvi, epithet of goddess Anahita.

"Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...> escreveu:

--- In cybalist@... s.com, Petr Hrubis <hrubisp@... > wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
>
> could somebody possibly help me with the etymology of Lat. "arbor",
please?
>
> This is what Pokorny says:
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> Proto-IE: *arbh- ?
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> Germanic: *arb-Å(n-) f. > German: Arbe, Arfe `Pinus cembra'
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> Latin: arbor / arbo:s, -oris f. `Baum'; arbutus, -i: f.
`Hagapfelbaum, Erdbeerbaum, Arbutus unedo L.'
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Buck's "Synonyms":
"etym. dub., perh.(through a by-form with 'dh' besides 'd'
Lat. 'arduus' "high", "tall"" etc. with development through "growth"
or "tall" (cf. Boh. 'strom')."
I'd be inclined to leave it at "etym. dub.", but there's a suggestion.
Dan

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