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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> Could Spanish lenguado "sole" be a folk etymology of
> langa et al? Or do sole really look like tongues?
Nice. Thanks.
On the other hand, that's German Zunge, Da. (sø-)tunge which also
means "tongue".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sole_%28fish%29
On the third hand, however, if we postulate some ur-form in whatever
as *dle/ongW-, we get both OLat dingua, Lat. lingua, Gmc. *tong-
"tongue", the fish name PPGmc leng-/long- and the PGmc. adj. lang-
etc. So maybe it's a three-way identity?
Torsten