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So "wodr" is the Proto-Indo-European name for "otter?" That is remarkably similar to "vydra," the name for "otter" in my native Czech.... Thanks, Fred! Dusan Soudek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick W. Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] River Otter on New Year's Day > On 1/14/2012 9:02 AM, Paul MacDonald wrote: >> Good sighting Terry - always fun to see them. >> A question for a winters day >> Why are otters called otters? >> No prize for the best answer! > > * wikipedia - "The word otter derives from the Old English word otor or > oter. This and cognate words in other Indo-European languages ultimately > stem from the Proto-Indo-European root *wódr which also gave rise to the > English word water." > > I assume "Lutra" and "Lontra" are among these cognates of the same word. > > fred schueler. > ======================================================== > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Terry Boswell <ta_boz@hotmail.com> >> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> *Sent:* Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:35:34 AM >> *Subject:* RE: [NatureNS] River Otter on New Year's Day >> >> I have spotted otters on Bisset Lake and Sulivan's Pond this winter, so >> it seems that this is a good year for them. >> >> Regards >> Terry Boswell >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> From: bbartlett@eastlink.ca >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: [NatureNS] River Otter on New Year's Day >> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:29:04 -0400 >> >> It's taken a while for me to get this written, but it any case, on New >> Year's Day my younger daughter spotted an Otter running across the thin >> ice of Frog Pond, Jollimore, HRM. Then we both watched it run quite a >> distance, out of sight. We went off the trail, through the woods, and >> luckily came out at a location much closer to the Otter, its whiskers >> and nose clearly visible through the binoculars. It ran around a little >> more, then disappeared around a corner. This is the first time we'd seen >> an Otter there. Does anyone (Pat Chalmers?) know how often Otters are >> seen at Frog Pond, especially in the winter? >> Brian >> >> > > > -- > > fred > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > South Nation Basin Art & Science Book > http://pinicola.ca/books/SNR_book.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ >
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