Re: [tied] "Rs" in Latin/Greek/IE/etc.

> The name Raros (and also derviatives from it), mentioned by

Herodian. The

> word raros is also mentioned by a scholiast as an Aeolic word, but

it's not

> found in any of our texts.

Ah...

> Yes - an early borrowing, before the system of writing had sorted

itself

> out.

I figured it was probably that.

>>> And then there's the whole matter of some placenames and proper

names

>> in Latin that aren't derived from Greek yet have RHs (Rhea Silvia,
>>> Rhoetus, Rhegium, Rhaeti, Rhenus, Rhodanus, etc.)...
>>
>> The Romans introduced the rh- and -rrh- in the first century BC,

and

>> sometimes over-corrected, especially in foreign names, e.g. Rhenus.
>Ah, so overcorrecting merely because it's foreign? I assume whatever
>Rhenus was was Celtic (or perhaps Germanic), and thus would be

voiced.

Is that in fact the case? Just wanted to check.

Thanks again.