Saturday 6 April 2013
File
...limar(sp)=file, instrument for abrading surfaces,=l/timalli/timallo/
timalloa(N)=pus/rot, i.e., file often used to take rot out of wood, and,
leaves shavings, which, like pus, have to be wiped away.
...file(E)=fil(OE)= fila(OSaxon/OHG))=f/piloa(N)=spill(E)/pile(E). nothing to do with pick or pisati(OSlavonic)=to write,=piciliui(N)=thin,= pe(n)cil(E)=pitzauac(N)= subtle, long, small, stretched out, light, smooth,=piciltic(N)=thin, fine, subtlety, e.g., sutileza de manos(sp)=sleight of hand.
...file(E)=fail(archaic dial.)defile/foul=fylan(OE)=vulen(MLG)=viulen(MHG)=
uilana(N)=drag on all 4's,=ui(o)lana(N)=viola, violet, violence,=
guilan(Cornish)=gull(E/noun and verb)=wheel(E/noun and verb).
...file(E)=wire on which papers strung, xvi,=hilo(sp)=filum(Latin)=fil(OFr/
xvi)=fil(Port)=filo(Ital)=piloa(N)=spill(from above/on high)=spilla(ON)=
pila(sp)=Pilot(the pen brand).
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ReplyDelete...pellucid(E)=see through/shine,=pal tloc?,
Deleteno, but i see, pluck(E)=shine through, hmmm,
a few letters missing between the p/luck=
pillow=piloa tloc(N)=spillock, not found, but,
a game with slips=spills of wood/splinters.
ah, the sandwich of slip(E)=lisp, same meaning.
...pimple=pipil/tin(N)=people=Bible=pippin/apple.
...goose=ganso(sp)=gacho(J)=choca(N/reversal in
the sp/J)=cry,=ch/ho(n)ca=honk(E).
...flay/flag=f(l)/pac/g=paca/opac)=wash,=bach/
b(r)ach(OE)=b(r)ook=bank/pack.
...feather=peatha(Beothuk)=petla/petlatl(N).
...razor=tlaza olin(N)=the rolling razer(E).
...split=splet(early E dialect)=sp/l/tletl(N)=
fire/let, and, s/petla(N)=throw.
...hair=haar(Du/G)=har(ONorse)=h/th/t/tla r/tla
=tlatla(N)=inflame, shine, glow. it's possible
Tlatlatzolteotl had red hair/tlatla.
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ReplyDelete...kayak=acalli acolli(N)=acay/ll/ac/olli=
Deleteshoulder boat.
...akhio(Fennec)=akh(i)/acolli(N)=shoulder.
...pulkka(Fennec)=pulk(Norse)=pulka(Swede)=
tepulli(N)=tribu(sp)=tribe(E)=male member?
=tepu(l)tze(N)=back/dorsal, strong/powerful,=
te/pull/t/ze/ce/ca(N)=being,=pull(E).
...pull/pluck(E)=tepulli(N)=miembro viril, but,
potli(N)=potient/potent/boat/punt=potia(N)=
unite,=potian(OE)=put(E), e.g., nitla-potia(N)=
pair up, adjust, assmeble, put things together at the same time. yeah, potli/potia/put/push/pull. the kk/k/ck=ca(N)=be
...Lapp=Tlapa=Aplu(Etr)=Apollo, e.g., Appony/i
=Hungarian noble. the one i knew was Tony=
Antonio=Tonatiuh(N)=the Sun, twice. Deer tribe
who went to Horse.
...blond=b(l)o(n)d=b/pot/d=potli(N)=both, referring to the Neanderthal/Modern Human mix,
Deletewhich produced blonds, even short, plucky ones.
...blenny(E/fish)=blennos(Gk)=slime,=
Deletepetlani(N)=spill/sparkle/sprinkle, speaking of liquid; light,=petlania(N)=sprinkle liquid;
polish, shine. note the double (nn) in blenny/
blennos, one for the Nauatl root, petlani(N),
and the other for the label (nN)=Nauatl.
the (l), being natually eliding moves forward,
e.g., petla(N)=pelt(E). blennies are slick and
shiney as eels=alaztic(N).
...plectrum(E)=instrument for plucking(should have know pluck went through the Greek, only they can
ReplyDeletebankrupt an etymology),=plessein(gk)=to strike,=
plege(Gk)=plaga(Latin)=plague(E)/playa(sp)=
paca/opac(N)=wash, plangent(E)=beat/strike,=
p(l)/bang/ent=plazein(Gk)=plankton=complain(E).
...file/fill(E)=1.xilé(N)=sillín(sp)=xylo-(Gk)=wood,=sh/x/filé/fill.
ReplyDelete2.lime/limit(E)/limar(sp)=file(E)=time(E)=temi/oten(N)=to be
extended/laid out; to fill/be full.
lime/lemon often used as cure for dandruff and skin cleaning.