Re: [tied] OE "afor"

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:41:19 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>OE "a"

It's OE /a:/.

>can be OHG "e" as well and even from PIE *a;

No it can't.

>see for
>instance "eidechse", OE "adexe", OHG "egedehse" where the first part is
>considered to be from PIE *agi-

No it isn't. It's from PIE *oghWi- > PGmc. *awi- or *agi-

The OE form <a:þexe> is qualified as "verderbt" by Pokorny. *awi or *agi
doesn't normally develop into OE /a:/. Even if it did, that would give you
*awibhros or *agibhros, never *abhros.

The etymology is *aibhros, case closed.

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