Re[2]: [tied] Bird names, etc. (was: Re: sea, seal)
From: Brian M. Scott Message: 49551 Date: 2007-08-18
At 9:19:59 PM on Friday, August 17, 2007, Rick McCallister
wrote:
> It may well be perfectly right, if so, I'm wondering
> if the -p- is instrusive, like the -t- in "street"
What intrusive -t- in <street>? <Street> is from a Common
Gmc. adoption of Lat. <stra:ta>, fem. past part. of
<sternere> 'to lay down, to pave'; Watkins gives the PIE
root as *sterh3-.