Re: *swesor - Retraction

From: Richard Wordingham Message: 17918
Date: 2003-01-22

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:
>
> Richard:
> >In what sense do *px'ter- and *'maxter- rhyme? (' = stress)

gLeN:
> In the same sense that French "combiner" and "retrouver" rhyme.

That's far too subtle an answer. You should have pointed out that
the protoform is *max'ter- (e.g. OE mo:dor) in which case they do
rhyme properly.

Richard.