Re: Hung. var-oS

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, g <st-george@...> wrote:

> > No. As you can see, the Ø's come through beautifully. Those are

O's

>
> O! Aha.
>
> > Jørgensen: Stednavneordbog
> > Ur-nordisk
> > *aura- > ODa. ø:r 'gravel'
> > *aurio: > -ør (monosyllabic in nom.)
> > Helsingør, Skælskør (< Skælfisk-), Korsør
> > and *auria- nt.
> > 'gravelly stretch, gravelly beach'
>
> So, does then to an Ostfriesisch Aurich correspond a Danish Ørich?
>
> > Torsten
>
> Jørgen :^)

Hi Jorgen!

It would, in the hypothetical case that Danisch had had an -x- sound,
which we decided to dispense with a long time ago. Kuhn would call
the -k- (> -x-) a typical Nordwestblock suffix.


Tørsten (and you might look that up too)