Cànan: PIE | |
Facal: bak- Gram: root | |
Gluas: peg, club, stick | Fios: The etymon is a rare example of initial *b- in proto-Indo-European as well as of non-onomatopoeic *a. It is only encountered in the European branch and could have been a wandering word. According to Oxford's Introduction to proto-Indo-European, the initial *b- may have been due to the informal ("popular") nature of the term. --Wikt |