[tied] Re: *ap-/*up-/*ip- , rivers in -r, JURA, JARA

>
> Derksen has analyzed something.
> Baltic variant forms:
> Lith.
> ja/ura (acute)- a swamp, a mire
> jaur\us (grave)- swampy
> ju:/ra (acute) - the sea
> ju:ru/oti (grave) - to wave
> ju:/re: - the sea (dial.)
> Latv.
> ju~ra - the sea
> ju~re (dial.)
> jure
> juris
> Old Prussian.
> iuriay
> iurin (accs) < *iuris
> Slavic variant forms:
> East
> i'rej - strong wind
> (v)yrij - warm lands to which birds migrate, over the sea
> south
> ir - whirlpool, abyss

It occurs in Baltic, Slavic and Balto-Finnic (Saami, Mordvin, Mari),
and therefore:

> So probably from PIE iuHr-eh2...

?


Torsten