Re: Latin corvus

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 69026
Date: 2012-03-19

True, English boil and fervent are supposedly onomatopoeic in origin and may actually go back to the same root in IE *bhVl/*bhVr

From: Tavi <oalexandre@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 6:51 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Latin corvus

 
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
>
> Usually crows and ravens have onomatopoeics names with GR-, KR-.
>
Yes, but an ultimate onomatopoeic origin doesn't prevent a word from
having an etymology, i.e. a history.