From: tgpedersen
Message: 50436
Date: 2007-10-25
>Search function is back up again.
>
> > Seems that route was via Basque
> > Latin ss > Basque sj > PCastilian sj etc...
> >
>
> Not extremely likely a priori. Instead, bear in mind that
> passer/sparrow behaves suspiciously (the search function is out of
> order at this time or I would have referred you to previous
> discussons), and so does bassus (late appearance, vocalisme a,
> geminate), so I'd consider the possibility that they are both loans
> from some West European substrate.