Bears and why they mostly are called otherwise

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Rick Mc Callister schrieb:

>         Isn't bay cognate to Spanish baya "berry, red", bayo "bay"? [from
> something like Celtic *baca?] In which case, the word originally meant
> "berry"?

No. The adjective comes from ancient French bai < lat. badius, a word used by
Varro, but also known as an Oscan family name (Badius); according to Meillet,
Irish has buide «yellow».

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