Re: Caland [was -m (-n)?]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen <jer@...>
wrote:

> Therefore, if an adjective stem *H2rg^-ró- 'bright, swift' when

used as

> the first member of a compound is reduced to *H2g^i- (Gk. argí-pous
> 'swift-footed', Ved. rjí-s'van- 'having swift dogs', then this

[...] may be a simple event of sound change.

A silly typo: I meant *H2rg^-i-. It is still reduction though.

Jens