Re: Latin re:ne:s 'kidneys'

On 2009-06-11 21:32, Rick McCallister wrote:

> Also, no offense, Alexandre, but as I know *sr- gave fr- in Latin
>
> One example, is Latin fri:gus 'cold' (> Romanian frig) from *srihg^-
> (please see the related Greek form too)
>
> Marius
>
>
> and possibly fragus < *srag-
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> We also have the Celtic doublets sron and fron-

... and plenty of examples of *-sr- > Lat. -br-, showing that *sr >
*þr-/*-ðr- > *fr-/*-Br- > Lat. fr-/-br-.

Piotr