Re: PIE Ud-

> Just a minute, guys, you're going way too fast for us outsiders. I
> for one have a question: are there types of German in which the <s>
> of _Urinstinkt_ differs from the one in _Urin stinkt_? Or are they
> always the same?

They differ: the former [s], the latter [S]. But in northern
German dialects (Low German, e.g. around Hamburg) the latter
is also [s]. And in the Suebian/Alemanian dialect, s before
t is usually pron. [S], e.g. du bischt, er/sie/es ischt;
du muscht. Hence the allusion (accompanied by a Smilie).

> W.

George