К ЭТИМОЛОГИИ НЕКОТОРЫХ РУССКИХ СЛОВ – II

Abstract

In the article ‘On the Etymology of Some Russian Words II’ the author discusses the problem of etymologization of onomatopoeic words and analyzes Russian lexemes перепел ‘quail’ and крыса ‘rat’. Russian перепел is interpreted as an onomatopoeic form *pelpel that is linked to a specific quail call. Russian крыса is seen as an expressive doublet to Slavic gryz-.