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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> On 2009-06-11 18:57, Octavià Alexandre wrote:
>
> > Torsten, there's no hint that particular metathesis (we're not talking
> > about metathesis in general, but this one in particular) had ever
> > occurred. This is why *sreneh2/4- should take precedence -it doesn't
> > need metathesis-.
>
> And of course it's so incredibly nice, and you are handsomer than
> Anttila ;-)
>
> Piotr
>
Antilla's one is in no way a better one...:)
It supposed a change of 2 consonants...that could happened or Not.
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The 'current' derivation of Latin r:ene:s is a zero grade *h2h2r-en-
of a root h2eh2r- reflected in:
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Celt. *a:ron (OIr áru 'kidney, gland')
Hitt. hahri 'lung'
Toch. a:ri~nc 'heart'
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Whenever a cognate need to be found for Latin, the Celtic forms should have priority.
Marius