Re: swallow vs. nighingale

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

>
> On 2007-10-19 20:50, Rick McCallister wrote:
>
> > Swallow aren't known for "yelling", so can the roots
> > be related?
>
> Neither are nightingales (*naxti-galan- 'night-singer')

I've moved to Hamburg for the time being, so I don't have access to
any etymological stuff, but here's from memory:
Da. gale "crow" (of rooster)
Da. galdre "cast spell"
Sw. galen (formally a ppp), Da. gal "mad, angry"


Torsten