Re: Morimarusa

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

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> Was there ever some type of folk etymology between elm and elf?

I never heard of one, and it would have to be recent, since the vowels are different in OE <aelf>, <elm>, both st.m.; WGmc *alBoz, *elmoz.

DGK