Re[4]: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formation of IE subgroups

At 7:02:44 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2006, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott<mailto:BMScott@...>

[...]

>> It's more likely that ME <curre> is of onomatopoeic
>> origin, from something akin to ON <kurra> 'to murmur, to
>> grumble'.

> Is, in your opinion, PIE *ger- also onomatopoeic?

Seems likely, though apparently for a somewhat different
sound (assuming that you mean Watkins' *ger&2-, whence
assorted bird-names).

Brian