Bears and why they mostly are called otherwise

[Rick Mc Callister]

I believe you're right regarding bayo --but you should have sent me that
post before I hit the send button :>

>Rick McCallister wrote:

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

>I am reasonably certain that both E. -bay- and Spanish -bayo- are from
>Latin -badium-.

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Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701