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

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 49564
Date: 2007-08-19

Why not *spar-k ?
a spark somehow looks like a star.
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: stlatos
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 2:30 AM
Subject: [Courrier indésirable] [tied] Bird names, etc. (was: Re: sea, seal)

--- In cybalist@... s.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@ ...> wrote:
>
> Why not *srVw-?
> see English strawberry vs Latin fraga
>
> --- stlatos <stlatos@... > wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@... s.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.