Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 6:58:04 PM on Sunday, February 15, 2009, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Risengrød
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_pudding
> > is something I served with success travelling in the
> > States.
>
> I grew up with the Nordic version as a moderately frequent
> dinner, presumably because my mother did: her parents
> emigrated from Norway in their 20s.

Oh; I thought we were Nordic too.

> We just called it
> cinnamon rice, though, not risengrynsgrøt (or whatever the
> local -- trøndersk -- term was, if it was different). Very
> good vehicle for cinnamon.

Did you guys remember the lump of butter in the middle? Very
important. There's a reason a sweet spot is called a 'smørhul' in Danish.


Torsten