Re: [tied] Re: Romanian gheara 'claw' is really a cognate with ONor

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 42474
Date: 2005-12-12

Oxford's Dictionary gives that <claw> is a kin to <claw> and <cleave> is derived from *gleubh- 'to tear apart, cleave'.

On 12/12/05, Abdullah Konushevci <akonushevci@...> wrote:
Germanic form of <claw> should be *glow-/glaw-, due to Grimm's Law *g> Germanic /k/, *o and *a are merged and *w > w. But Watkins has no explanation for this word.


On 12/12/05, alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@... > wrote:
sorry please read
  ONorse klo: < PGermanic *klo:wo: kle:wo:
in place of
  ONorse klo: (< PIE *klo:wo: kle:wo:)