Re: [tied] Latin tardus

From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 45177
Date: 2006-06-30

Sean Whalen <stlatos@...> wrote:


Many new a's come from syllabic consonants:

> Welsh <carw> "stag", Latin <cervus>

"horn" words like srva:- in Avestan and sirwis in
OPrussian show syllabic r.
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I thought IE *k^r.w- would yield *cryw- in Welsh.  Or is there a different development before *w?
I am aware (and indicated above) that Stuart Mann's book has many questionable and some outright wrong etymologies (and often shows a lack of understanding of IE phonology).  However, it was what I had at hand.  But my English dictionary also shows <cairn> from Gaelic <carn> "elevation" from IE *kern- (according to the dictionary) found in Latin <cornu> "horn, extremity, summit".  There are also a number of Latin words with <a> which it ascribes to IE roots with *e.  I can list some of these if you desire.
Andrew