Re: [tied] Beaver Again

11-01-04 04:31, Richard Wordingham wrote:

>> how sure is the reconstruction of *bhebHru- in fact?
>
> Quite secure. See
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15273 and
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15273 . The
> etymology of the word is another matter - the traditional theory
> is 'brown animal' (rather as for English 'bear'), but 'splasher' has
> also been proposed -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/15161 . I don't know
> any good suggestions as to the origin of the well-attested final -u-.

I have a personal theory about such reduplicated derivatives. If I find
the time, I'll provide a sketch soon.

Piotr