Re: [tied] Latin tardus

In English we have

for <er>

@r in (most) American English

eir in at least some Scots dialects

ar in some English dialects

where the /r/ or vestigial /r/ seems to make the difference

Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...> wrote:

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

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