4.2.6.2 k-r-v |
| Ital. | cervo | red deer, French cerf, cf. hirzð4.6.43. |
| Ital. | Cervino | the Matterhorn, a pointed and impressive |
| mountain. Not from Lat. selva (Guex, J. 1976. Lamontagneetsesnoms. Martigny) for the following reasons: 1. There no evidence that selva "forest" has ever been used in that region. 2. The region around this mountain is precisely devoid of forest (cf. Germ. Matterhorn: the point (horn) standing among the meadows (matte) |