Re: b/m alternation in Thacian, Illyria and Abanian

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

>
> That's an interesting look at bacalao. I always
> wondered if you could play baseball with a dried cod
> --they look like something Barry Bonds would use.
> There exist metathasized forms with /kab-/ in various
> languages as well. This is one that stumped Trask.

French cabillaud, Dutch kabeljauw, German Kabeljau (loan from
Dutch?) "(large) codfish". The Basque were pioneers in cod fishing,
they are said to have found the Newfoundland banks. If so, they
might be pioneers of making 'stokvis' too?

http://www.groupsrv.com/science/ntopic97179.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bacalao



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