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Kaixo:
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:
> The Gaelic etymology of "horse of the woods" seems strange.  What's
> the connection with horses?  One would sooner expect something more
> like English "cock of the woods", but I can't find anything
> appropriate except Welsh <capwllt> "capon" (but that's <cabzn> in
> Modern Irish...).
   The latin etymology of "urogallus" also seems strange. I once heard
it came from the fact that male capercailles sometimes sing like a
cock and sometimes like a "uro", an already extinct wild bovine species.
Probably there were no uros in Irati, so ancient Basques simply called
it "basoilarra" ?? :-)
   The etimology of "capall-coille" is currently being discussed in the
Scottish Gaelic list for beginners  <GAIDHLIG-B@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE> and
in <GAELIC-L@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE>. I've sent some notes about it to
Miguel, but I don't think it's a subject we need to bring to this list,
do we?
   If anyone is interested on the topic, I can send them extracts from
the Gaidhlig-B discussion through private e-mail.
   Agur.
         Javier