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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
> 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>

I'm trying to connect it to a Germanic word with sp-; nothing else
seems better as far as I can see.