Re: Res: [tied] swallow vs. nighingale

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

>
> Portuguese andorinha
> Is it possibly related to Basque ander- "lady, etc."?
> Obviously,not directly since Basque is on the opposite
> end of the peninsula --but possibly a word from a
> substrate common to Basque

Löpelmann I think it was thought there was a connection between
Portuguese and Basque; Trask frowned upon the idea.

> There is some speculation linking Basque ander- to
> Celtic --although Trask rejected it

Actually that was one of the words he acknowledged as being common to
Celtic and Basque, whatever the reason.


Torsten