From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56271
Date: 2008-03-30
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From: tgpedersen
Aikio: 'An essay on substrate studies and the origins of Saami' has
'loahkka' "torsk", ie "codfish" as a non-etymologizable substrate word
(among many other anamal, including fish, names) of North Saami. My
knowledge of Finnish-Saami historical linguistics is non-existent, but
he does supply a similar substrate word in Saami 'gouvssat' "Lapland
jay", in Finn. dial. 'kuusanka', whether hat is loaned directly from
that substrate or from North Saami.
Dansk Etymologisk Ordbog:
lange "the codfish species Molva Vulgaris" [ ie. "ling"
http://ca.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_762509212/ling.html ]
ODa., No. id. Sw. långa, ON langa, side form Germ. Länge, Dui. leng,
ling (whence Fr. lingue), Engl. ling, der. from 'lang' ["long"]
BTW This is also an answer to Arnaud to his question of gemination
applying also to (seeming) loans into Saami-Finnish.
Torsten
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oa in north Saami LW points toward PIE *uH
and -kk- points toward ?-k
Hence we can assume a para-celtic word
*lu?-k-eH2
I suggest Pok 692 lou "to wash" as root.
After you salted them, you have to wash the salt
before you eat them.
What is the origin of Molva ?
A real Latin word ?
ARnaud
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