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Index of Subjects 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. =================================================== > ----- 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/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > -- 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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