RE : [tied] Re: North of the Somme

> Considering the semantic narrowness, it is tempting to include
> German Fichte "fir" etc; and then on to Sw. bek "pitch" etc etc.

Sorry, that's
ON bik,
Sw. beck (with Svea-mål gemination),
No. bek,
Da. beg
ODa. bik, pik,
OS pik,
OHG peh,
German Pech
Eng. pitch
etc.

supposed a loan from
Lat pix, picis "pitch"


Torsten