Re: swallow vs. nighingale

> 5. "Lark". OE la:verce points at Gmc. *laiwVrk- which is also
> proved by Finnish leivonen. The Latin < Celtic form alauda may, or
> may not, belong here. If it is related, why we have a- not in
> Germanic here, like in the previous example? And two questions
> remain: a) is the Finnish form isolated within the Uralic family,
> and then we should suppose it was borrowed from Germanic, or
> contrary, it is not isolated, and may have been the source for
> Gmc., and b) if the word is Semitic, which are its cognetes?

Larks ascend, so:

Orël & Stolbova: Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary

"
1060 *´al- "rise"
Sem *´VlVy- "rise, climb":
Hebrew ´ly.
Based on biconsonantal *´Vl-.

Berber *`al- "be suspended":
Ahaggar ali.

Central Chadic *`al- "jump":
Masa halla.
Irregular Masa h-.

East Chadic *`al- "climb":
Kwang ale,
Kera li.
Related to *´al- "top".


1061 *´al- "top"
Semitic *´al- "top, height, upper part":
Hebrew ´a:l,
Arab ´al-.

Saho-Afar *`al- "mountain":
Saho `al.

Lowland East Cushitic *´al- "mountain":
Somali ´al-,
Rendille h.al-.
Note Rendille h.-.



Torsten