Re: [tied] Armer orphan!

Brian M. Scott wrote:

> At 5:38:55 AM on Wednesday, September 10, 2003, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
>> I recall German (etc.) 'arm' "poor" and *orbH- "orphan;
>> inheritance" are related, but how? *H1er- "separate" plus
>> two different extensions or *-bH-n- > *-m- ?
>
> Watkins gives (with some emendation) *h3erbH- 'to change
> allegiance, pass from one status to another', with reflexes
> meaning 'orphan(ed)', 'inheritance', and in Hittite a word
> used of a cow that wanders out of its owner's fold into
> another's. According to the references available to me at
> the moment the connection of German <arm> (OE <earm>, Gothic
> <arms>, ON <armr>, etc.) with this root is uncertain, the
> laryngeal doesn't agree with either of the 'separate' roots.
>
> Brian

Somethingt about reflexes which are prefixed with "s"?
I mention here Rom. "sãrman"= poor , reg.= orphan
cf DEX < Bulgar., SrboCroat. "siromah" with change of the suffix.

Alex