Re[2]: [tied] Re: casa

At 4:47:15 PM on Saturday, March 1, 2008, Rick McCallister
wrote:

> People have speculated [that Latin <casa> is] from Celtic,
> but the postings I've seen don't offer any Celtic
> cognates, so that sounds sketchy It looks as if it could
> possibly be related to English house, but the vowels are
> off --aren't they?

Very much so: Gmc. has /u:/.

Brian