Re: [tied] OE "afor"

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:14:55 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> is this word cognate with German "eifer"?
>
> Yes.
>
>> If yes what is its etymology?
>
> *aibhros
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

it seems to me the "i" is too much in the reconstructed word for
Germanic. What speaks for "ai-" in *aibhros ?
Alex