Re: [tied] Re: The unexplained link between Greek/Latin and Tamil

From: P&G
Message: 24525
Date: 2003-07-14

> > *ghordh- > *horb- > urb-
> That latter half looks odd. Why not hortus > **urtus then?

See my previous posting. There is no logic. Why furnus but fornax, both
from the same root? There is a suggestion that *or > ur was a non-urban
dialect. On the other hand, urbs may be from a different root entirely
(*wrdhi- [Meiser] - perhaps *wer-2 Pokorny 1151 +-dh-i-)

Peter