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

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

> re: street, is it related to stream? or from *ster-

From *ster, via Latin _stra:ta_, feminine of the past participle of
3rd conjugation _sterno:_ 'lay down'.

Richard.