From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 56724
Date: 2008-04-05
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"The closest seems to be fem. <balog> 'tongue or pin of a
> <BMScott@...> wrote:
>> At 5:37:22 PM on Friday, April 4, 2008, Anders R.
>> Joergensen wrote:
>>> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
>>> <fournet.arnaud@> wrote:
>> [...]
>>>> *bhel-H2-k "beam"
>>>> Gaulish *bala:kon
>>>> SKrt bhur-i-jau < -H-g-
>>>> Greek phalan-g-s
>>>> Latin ful-c-io
>>>> Isn't this clear ?
>>> You also gave a W balog first time around. What is your
>>> source for this and for Gaul. *bala:kon?
>> Pokorny, p. 122, *bhel-5; <balog> 'Zinne' and *<bala:kon>
>> '(Mauer-)Vorsprung', with a reference to M.-L. 890.
> Thanks Brian.
> When I looked at it a few days ago, I wasn't able to
> locate a W balog of appropriate meaning in the Geiriadur
> Prifysgol Cymru, which could indicate that we are dealing
> with a ghost (though I'm not quite sure, and I don't have
> the GPC with me here).