Re: About the word "spinster"

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:01:03 +0100, Trond Engen
<trondnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:XdCdnYVeyOVTb_nYRVnzvQ@xxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

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<http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/startq.cgi?flags=endnnnl&root=leiden&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cceltic>.

Ranko Matasovic', 'An etymological lexicon of Proto-Celtic
(in progress)'.

When feeding it with OI <glen> I get this:

I've cleaned up both of them:

Proto-Celtic: *glendos 'valley, shore' [Noun]
Old Irish: glend [s n]
Middle Welsh: glynn [m] 'glen, valley'
Middle Breton: glann 'shore'
Proto-Indo-European: *glend- 'shore' (?)
IE cognates: MLG klint, 'shore' ON klettr 'rock'
References: Pedersen I: 38

The reconstructed forms are written with signs I can't
read but the general relation seems clear.

As for 'glean' I don't know if this is of any relevance but there is a
second match for OI <glen>:

Proto-Celtic: *gli-na- 'glue' [Verb]
Old Irish: glenaid, -glen; glieid, -glia [Subj.];
gíulaid, -gíulai [Fut.]; gíuil [Pret.]
Middle Welsh: glynu
Middle Breton: englenaff < *en-gli-na- 'stick'
Cornish: glena
Proto-Indo-European: *gleyH-
Page in Pokorny: 362
IE cognates: OHG klenan 'smear', Lith. dial. glejù 'smear'
References: KPV 337ff., LIV 190, LP 369, LEIA D-148

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Brian
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