Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

vague interconnections with #Lithuanian, #Latvian and #Prussian #liepa for lime tree (whose botanical name, #Tilia, is cognate with #Greek #πτελέᾱ (ptelea), elm, which seems to be derived from #PIE *el- for #red and/or brown (but why?), as are both the #elk and the #alder (cf. #OldNorse ölr,
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

vague interconnections with #Lithuanian, #Latvian and #Prussian #liepa for lime tree (whose botanical name, Tilia, is cognate with Greek #πτελέᾱ (ptelea), elm, which seems to be derived from PIE *el- for red and/or brown (but why?), as is both the elk and the alder (cf. #OldNorse #ölr,
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