On 2006-02-23 10:25, tgpedersen wrote:
> Are you sure Verner applies in this case? I can't think of another
> Germanic example that alternates stops in -lT- or -rT-.
You must be joking. Some of the handbook examples of strong verbs do
just that, e.g. *werþ-/*warþ-/*wurd- 'turn, become'. Cf. also similar
alternations in adjectival stems, e.g. *alda- 'old' vs. comp. *alþizan-
(the reflexes of PGmc. *-lþ- and *-ld- merged in English, to be sure,
but not generally in Germanic). Of course Verner's Law also affected
numerous isolated words of the right shape, e.g. *pr.-tú- > *furdu-
'ford', *tl.h2-tí- > *þuldi- 'patience', etc.
Piotr