Talk:peat

Etymology

The link word in this etymological path is Anglo-Latin PETA[7], that suggests a pre-Germanic origin; but there is no satisfactory evidence for the assumption that its origin is in Celtic PETH[3] (part), or that it was borrowed. Its Celtic[5] or Pictish[4] origin is fairly certain, but the evidences are not obvious. Just because it was used amongst Crofters in Scotland, et cetera, for fires and home heating, is not a sufficient basis to conjecture its origin in the root of Welsh POETH[6] (hot). 18:47, 20 August 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

Andrew H. Gray 21:37, 4 November 2015 (UTC)