05-04-2018, 02:34 AM
I can see how you get to equisetum, and the plant does kind of resemble a mast. Especially, some masts like the one in the picture have a sectioned look, just like the plant.
I guess the main objection must be the volume of the leaves, but it seems clear that these are mnemonically enhanced.
Equisetum is also used to polish wood, which might be another link to ships?
The r might be for rot, which would point to the Scandinavian word for root rather than the color it seems. Though Latin languages also have words for root with r, from radix.
I guess the main objection must be the volume of the leaves, but it seems clear that these are mnemonically enhanced.
Equisetum is also used to polish wood, which might be another link to ships?
The r might be for rot, which would point to the Scandinavian word for root rather than the color it seems. Though Latin languages also have words for root with r, from radix.