Re: (unknown)

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 68936
Date: 2012-03-12

W dniu 2012-03-12 21:09, Brian M. Scott pisze:

> > It makes the BSl. badger, etymologically, a
> > 'hole-dweller'.
>
> The original hobbits!

Just a loose thought: PGmc. *aikw(e)rno:n- 'squirrel' begins with
*aikw-, which matches BSl. *ai3'w- perfectly. Maybe everyone so far has
been wrong about the etymology of the Germanic squirrel and the critter
is the other original hobbit?

Piotr