Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Pesky

...(E)=2nd baseman for the Red Sox,=bothersome(E)= bother(E)=b/potli/tl/t/th/er=potli(N)=both/broth/ brother(E),=pest(E)=plaguey=plague(E)=placa(Lat)=strike/ wound,=p(l)aca=paca/opac(N)=wash out= fregar(sp)= fracasar(sp)=fracas(US)=drub(E)=tub/tob(Egypt)=attob(Arab)= topilli(N)=club/night stick,=topile(N)=police(E)=toptli(N)= idol/wrap,=thorp/dorf(Scand/G)=village(E)=uilana(N)=nitla-uilana(N)=drag someone by force,=guilan(Cornish)=gwylan(W)= gwelan(Breton)=Whelan(name)= gull(E/verb). .....pest(E)=pe(s)t/tla=petla(N/verb)=throw,=petra(Lat)=piedra. .....pesky(E)=pepechtia(N)=make a bed,=nitla-pepechtia(N)=beat a beast of burden; found/base an argument on an authority,= pech/c/g(Letra)=peg(Baseball slang)=throw, or, peg a bed.

Monday, 10 March 2014

bride

...(E)=bryd(OE)=bred(OFrisian)=brud(OSax)=brut(OHG)= b/po/utl/t(Letra)=potli(N/root)=companion, =both/brother(E)=bruths(Goth)=bruthr(ON), of unkn origin? .....bridle(E)=bridel(OE/OFrisian)=brittil(OHG)=b(r)/pitli(N)= older sister. well, how? the road leads to bride(E). only in remote corners of breeding would pitli be bride, but, pitli=spider= bridge(of the horse's nose)=bridle(E). bride, herself, suffers a u/o=y/i shift in windy England=E(n)c/gl/tlan/d=Ecatlan(N)= Hecatland's shrill whine, while Europe makes the broader route of o/u.

bridge1

...(E)=arch over water,=brycg(OE)=bruggia(OSax)= Perugia/Perusia(Lat)=brugghe(MDu)=brug(Du)= burg(G)= brucca(OHG)=b/ r/to/ucca=tocatl(N)=(spider(E)= s/p/b(r)idge/er=bridge)=droghad(Gaelic)= Douglas(Clan/Isle of Man)=(spider= pitli(N)=older sister,=p(r)i(es)tly)=brücke(G)= b/toc/ke, and so goes the y/i/u vowel shift of pitli&tocatl=i/o/u, e.g., toca(N)=t/d(r)og/ca=droga(sp)= to/our being/ca=sow and bury.

Saturday, 8 March 2014

lapin

...(Fr)=rabbit(E)=r/tla/l/pp/bb i ll/t/n/i(Letra)=lapin(Fr)= tlalpilli(N/root)=tied/knotted/catch/ imprison/captive,=each of the 4 sheaves of the 52 yr Mexican cycle, beginning with Tochtli(N)= rabbit=lepus/leporum(E)=liebre(sp)=liévre(OFr)= levre/leveret(Anglo-Norman)=lié/tlal b(r)e/pilli(letra) =lapin(Fr)= voyager en lapin(Fr)=ride beside the driver on the running board.

octroi

...(Fr)=grant xvii,=duty levied articles admitted town xviii,=octroyer(Fr)=autrejar(Provanz)= author/authorize(E)/autre(Fr)=auctoricare(Gallo-Rom.)= auctorizare(MLat)=octo/ocho(sp)=Tochtli(N/8 Tona)= rabbit(tax)=toca(N)=touch of Lazarus/tlaza(N)=taza(sp)=tax.

occult

...(E)=recondite,=occultus(Lat)=ocular(E)=oculus(Lat)= tloc(N/adv)=location(E)= beside/in front/behind/above/below, i.e., occultation(E)=concealment of one heavenly body by another.

muzzle

...(E)=beast's nose and mouth,=mus(Provanzal)= muso(Ital/OSp)=muchi/mochi(N/root)=all,=much(E)= muchel/mochel(ME)=muche/moche(ME/earlier short form), e.g., mochar(spaMex))=to break off,=munch(E)= chew,= mocho(spaMex)=cripple, i.e., butt end of an amputated limb.