> So: bakal-lank- "stick codfish" adopted into Proto-Basque at some time
> (or directly into West European languages?) from some Western
> substrate? Does Miguel have any Proto-Basque > Basque objections?
>
> Who invented the whole dried fish technique anyway? I guess it must
> have predated salt as a preservation technique?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish
The sentence 'Salting was not economically feasible before the 17th
century, when cheap salt from southern Europe became available to the
maritime nations of northern Europe' is at least partially wrong, cf.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scania_Market
BTW I wonder if there is a NWBlock/Gmc. relation between Eng. cod(fish)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod
and haddock, according to Skeat, origin doubtful, Irish codog, note
the NWBlock (or whatever) individuating suffix -Vk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddock
and both related to the Latin genus name gadus (Ernout-Meillet doesn't
know it).
Torsten