Re: b/m alternation in Thacian, Illyria and Abanian

Could Spanish lenguado "sole" be a folk etymology of
langa et al? Or do sole really look like tongues?


--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 8:00:40 AM on Sunday, March 30, 2008, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > 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"]
>
> > Somehow I doubt that last piece of information.
>
> It seems to be a widely-held view, and there's no
> obvious
> objection.
>
> SAOB s.v. <långa>: OSw. longa; cf. Dan. & Nor.
> lange, Isl.
> langa, MLG lange, Du. leng, ling (whence Fr.
> lingue), Ger.
> länge, Eng. ling; deriv. of LÅNG
>
> OED s.v. <ling>: ME. lenge, lienge, later ling(e
> (whence,
> according to Hatz.-Darm., F. lingue); cf. early
> mod.Du.
> lenghe, linghe (now leng), G. leng, länge, lange,
> ON. langa,
> Sw. långa, Norw. langa, longa, Da. længe. Connexion
> with
> LONG a. is probable.
>
> AHD4 s.v. <ling>: ME, possibly of LG origin, with a
> reference to a PIE root *del-(1), where a stronger
> assertion
> is made: that it's from ME <lenge, ling, ling>, from
> a LG
> source akin to Dutch <lenghe, linghe>, 'long one',
> from PGmc
> *langitho:.
>
> Incidentally, ON <langa> was borrowed into OIr as
> <langa>.
>
> Brian
>
>
>

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