From: Glen Gordon
Message: 19279
Date: 2003-02-26
>Thud! The "bear" etymon can't have resisted affrication (inAh yes, right. Hmm. Well, I give up. :(
>post-PIE times and in non-Anatolian branches). Skt. r.ks.a-,
>Iranian *r.s^a-, Lat. ursus all show the expected sibilant (*h2r.tk^os >
>*h2r.tsk^os > *h2r.k^tsos > *h2rk^sos, IMO).