Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formation of IE subgroups

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From: Brian M. Scott

To: Patrick Ryan

Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:50 PM

Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

At 3:00:37 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2006, Patrick Ryan wrote:

>   From: tgpedersen<mailto:tgpedersen@...>

>>> "*kWVn/r-" (where in Heaven's name does the -*/r come
>>> from???;

>>   Finnish koira, Estonian koer.

> If related to PIE at all, these are borrowings or reflexes
> of *ger- (English 'cur').

It's more likely that ME <curre> is of onomatopoeic origin,
from something akin to ON <kurra> 'to murmur, to grumble'.

Brian

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Patrick:

 

Is, in your opinion, PIE *ger- also onomatopoeic?

 

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