Re: Alternating foot

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> bund "bottom" Danish
> botten "bottom" Swedish
>
> (cf
>
> vand "water" Danish
> vatten "water" Swedish
>
> Two different case forms in Da. and Sw.?)

Hey, isn't <nd> just a Danish spelling of a long /n:/ (with a palatal
touch) arising from any of several sources, including *tn ?

Jens