Re: Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

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

>
> > Supposing we had "Kurganic" bears in English instead of
> > regular old bears and bruins, would it be something like
> > **arth or **archt or **arght????
>
> I think that I'd expect *h2r'ktsos to yield PGmc. *urhsaz or
> *urhtaz.
>

I guess it would be **ursa- or **urta-, as there's no velar here
(*H2rts-o-).