a nice Slavic cognate in e.g. Polish <sliwa>, Serbian <S>ljiva>, and derivative <s>ljivovica> 'plumb brandy. Sheila Watts wrote: > >OIr <airne>, W <eirin(-en)> `plum', W <aeron> (pl.) 'fruits, berries'; > >MBret <irin> NBret <hirin> `sloe' > > The Irish one, like the Breton, means 'sloe'.