Re: Slavic obscene words (Was: Brugmann's Law)

On 2008-01-18 08:05, ualarauans wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
> wrote:
>> Any truth to the notion that the word is from French
>> pirogue < Spanish piragua < some Native American word
>> --due to its shape?
>
> More likely it's cognate to Lith. purai^ pl. "winter crops",
> Gr. PUROS, PUROI "wheat". Proto-Slavic *pyrogU.

But it's *pirogU, not *pyrogU. I prefer Vasmer's explanation (from *pirU
'feast, breakfast').

Piotr