[NatureNS] River Otter on New Year's Day - name

Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:12:55 -0500
From: "Frederick W. Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca>
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On 1/14/2012 5:00 PM, Dusan Soudek wrote:
> 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!

* my understanding is that "*wódr" was the Proto-Indo-European word for 
water, though I haven't pursued it past wikipedia. I'm struck by how 
similar the words for "water" and "otter" have remained in the various 
Indo-European languages.

fred.
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> ----- 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
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>> 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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fred
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          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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