Babel's intriguing zmeiki

[Michael Trittipo]

>> Yes, _zmeika_ is a synonym for _molniia_, but in the meaning "zipper,"
>> not "lightning."
>>
>> Bob Rothstein

Any chance for influence from the French "fermeture 
éclair"? (A trade mark, as it happened, but which made 
sense because a zipper opens and closes rapidly.)

Please excuse this message if the question has already 
been raised; I'm still catching up from some days away.

Michael Trittipo
Minneapolis, MN

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