Re: [tied] Re: *pYerkW+

--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> There
> are only reflexes of *xarsta- 'wickerwork, grid' and
> *xursti- 'wood,
> shrubbery' (OE hyrst derives from the latter). They
> are probably related
> to each other, in which case they should both be
> assigned to the root
> *kert- 'turn, weave', and analysed as *kort-to- and
> *kr.t-ti-.

I think it's more likely that ke>ka, as in
*k(a)rttis 'bent thing > wicker, brush?'

So, to Latin:

*karttis > *kar_tis> *kra_tis > cra:tis




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