Re: [tied] Re: sea, seal

On 2007-08-10 10:35, tgpedersen wrote:

> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/43771
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/48662
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/46346
>
> Connection with *saiwa-la- "soul" (water creature)?

Incidentally, the 'seal' word is *selxaz, with short *e (diphthongised
to <eo> in non-Anglian OE, hence <seolh>; cf. ON selr). The only thing
it shares with the 'sea' word is the initial *s.

Piotr