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

It's a canoe like craft --more-pointed though, But
Spanish and Portuguese both have a ton of pir- words
that are used for "penis" such as pirulí "piruline",
pirú or perú (I've seen both spellings) "brazil nut",
etc.


--- Francisco Antonio Doria <doriagen@...>
wrote:

> Tupi word. Widely used as a 4-letter word in Brazil.
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> Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> escreveu:
> 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').
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> Piotr
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