Re: [tied] OE "afor"

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:36:00 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>> it seems to me the "i" is too much in the reconstructed word for
>> Germanic. What speaks for "ai-" in *aibhros ?
>
> Everything. OHG ei = OE a: < PGmc. *ai < PIE *ai/*oi.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

Everything? OE "a" can be OHG "e" as well and even from PIE *a; see for
instance "eidechse", OE "adexe", OHG "egedehse" where the first part is
considered to be from PIE *agi-
It seems the *abhros would fit as well the both Germanic forms; more, it
will fit the Rom. form too.

Alex