Comments on: Back to the fishbowl (1): ‘Herring’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/07/herring-sild-sardine-word-origin/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Do you ‘cuss’ your stars when you go ‘bust’? http://blog.oup.com/2012/07/herring-sild-sardine-word-origin/#comment-291455 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Do you ‘cuss’ your stars when you go ‘bust’? Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:31:05 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26364#comment-291455 [...] similar case is the fish name bass. (I am very happy to return to the fish bowl.) All its cognates have r in the middle: Dutch baars, German Barsch, and so forth. The word is [...] [...] similar case is the fish name bass. (I am very happy to return to the fish bowl.) All its cognates have r in the middle: Dutch baars, German Barsch, and so forth. The word is [...]

]]> By: Roland Schuhmann http://blog.oup.com/2012/07/herring-sild-sardine-word-origin/#comment-290149 Roland Schuhmann Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:30:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26364#comment-290149 Dear Mr. Liberman, the vowel difference -a- : -ê- can best be explained by the assumption of a collective Vrddhi-formation (herring as living in a swarm) - I would assume with the EWA a derivation of *(s)ker- 'to jump, to dance'. Dear Mr. Liberman,

the vowel difference -a- : -ê- can best be explained by the assumption of a collective Vrddhi-formation (herring as living in a swarm) – I would assume with the EWA a derivation of *(s)ker- ‘to jump, to dance’.

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Two English apr-words, part 1: ‘April’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/07/herring-sild-sardine-word-origin/#comment-284648 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Two English apr-words, part 1: ‘April’ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:30:47 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26364#comment-284648 [...] to resort to Etruscan. Unlike the pre-Germanic substrate about which something was said in the post on herring, the Etruscan language has not been completely lost. Several hundred Etruscan words, including a [...] [...] to resort to Etruscan. Unlike the pre-Germanic substrate about which something was said in the post on herring, the Etruscan language has not been completely lost. Several hundred Etruscan words, including a [...]

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » Still in the fishbowl (2): ‘Mackerel’ http://blog.oup.com/2012/07/herring-sild-sardine-word-origin/#comment-282757 OUPblog » Blog Archive » Still in the fishbowl (2): ‘Mackerel’ Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:30:34 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=26364#comment-282757 [...] roots. It is rather the fanciful nature of the story that makes it almost impossible to believe. In the post on herring, I referred to the linguist who believes that herring meant the sun with rays all around its [...] [...] roots. It is rather the fanciful nature of the story that makes it almost impossible to believe. In the post on herring, I referred to the linguist who believes that herring meant the sun with rays all around its [...]

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