Basque *<bil> 'round'

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen <jer at cphling.dk> wrote:

>Any good Celtic etymon for German Auto?

Well, it is well known that German au < *u:, and Celtic *p > 0,
so that looks very much like a form derived from an unattested
Celtic *pu:to- "stinking" (the contraption was apparently named
by the La T`ene Celts after its typical exhaust products).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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