Re: [tied] Re: An Alteuropäisch appellative as loanword?

At 8:53:37 PM on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, tgpedersen
wrote:

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>> The interpretation "(barge-)pulling (river)" also
>> explains Slav. *drug- "friend" (< *droug- < *dron,W-,
>> like plug < *ploug- < *plon,W) and ON drengr "servant" as
>> "pullers" in a team (*druxt-).

<Drengr> 'servant'? Amazing what one can do with bad
glosses.

Brian