Richard Wordingham wrote:
>
> a) I wrote, 'OE _ru:h_ > English "rough", formerly [rVf] in X-SAMPA,
> i.e.
> homophonous with English "ruff".', and you don't
> understand 'homophonous'.
I took your "rough" as starting point because you meant it was formerly
"rVf"; So far I know "homophonous" means _having the same
pronounciation. And here is the problem I got.
"gh" is not "f", thus I thought you mean the older pronounciation for
"rough" should have been "ruff" since you meant them as being
homophonous.
Germanic "rau", "rauch" is the cognate for english "raugh" and derived
ultimately from PIE *reu- + suffix
and it seems to me the problem is the suffix here; Germ "raufen" = OE
riepan, thus there is/was an "p" in english too.
>
> b) You're psychic. (The Oxford Etymological Dictionary does not
> suggest that they might be cognate.)
>
> Richard.
don't they derive from the same root ?
Alex