Re: Ligurian

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

> > Latin virga also gave rise to another type of shoot --Spanish verga
> >
> Spanish verga also means 'penis'. I could also mention Etruscan viscri
> 'penis' (continued in Tuscan bischero 'dumb', synonym to Italian cazzo),
> a loanword from Italic *visga: (> Latin virga).
>

That's from Italic * wer.z.ga: related to Ir * wer.s.-gó+ > * wer.-s.óg+ in Avestan vars^ag- 'root/tree' .