Re: [tied] Re: OE *picga

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 16605
Date: 2002-11-06

 
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From: Miguel Carrasquer
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: OE *picga

> Interesting.  The Latin word is corvus, interpreted as *k[o]r-w-os in IEW, but I suppose also analyzable as *kr.ghW-os.  So perhaps another possibility is *kroghWono- > Gmc. *hrab(a)na-, with non-Vernerian *ghW ~ *bh.
A good idea, definitely worth considering. *k...gWH is a bit embarrassing, phonotactically, but perhaps excusable in an iconic root.
 
Piotr