Re: Felice Vinci's "Homer in the Baltic" theory: linguistic deconstr

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Trond Engen <trond@...> wrote:

>
> etymology. It's also complicated by how the monophtongization may make
> it difficult to discern <laukr> = OSw <löker> from the equivalents of ON
> <lø:kr> "deep slow-running brook; bay in river" and (in some cases)
> <leikr> = OSw. <le:ker> "sport, dance, physical activity".
>

Do your sources have any etymology for the deep slow-running brook?

In Denmark we have Lökken and Lögstör, for instance. ... ?

Lars