Re: [tied] Re: egnis/ognis

g wrote:

> As for your assumption above, I'd ask whether rhotacism
> wouldn't have exerted an influence upon such an old PIE or
> Greek word as <melo(n)>, in order to transform it in a way
> similar to what happened to the words that ended up in
> Romanian as <mãr> "apple" and <miere> "honey"...
>
>> Alex
>
> George

I suppose there was no "n" as in Greek but simply "melo" > "melu" >
mielu". and there is no rhotacism at the end of the word.

Alex