From: Brian M. Scott Message: 22891 Date: 2003-06-09
At 6:13:18 PM on Sunday, June 8, 2003, Miguel Carrasquer
wrote:
> For OIr. tír < *ters-, I see no other explanation than
> lengthening caused by the *-s-. Do you?
For what it's worth, Thurneysen tentatively suggests an
original suffixed *ters-r-, yielding *te:sr and OIr. tír.
He compares this with OIr. mír 'morsel' < *me:msr-.