Re: [tied] Bird names, etc. (was: Re: sea, seal)

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 49528
Date: 2007-08-16

Why not *srVw-?
see English strawberry vs Latin fraga

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
<snip>
> > *spra&w-
> > Breton frao "crow, jackdaw"
> > PGmc *spraiw- "starling"
>
> Why not *psar, Germanic *sparwa(n)- 'sparrow' with
> metathesis?
>
<snip>



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