From: bmscotttg
Message: 47487
Date: 2007-02-15
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
[...]
> It occurred to me:
> 1) kvinna/kona is the only word in ON to act up this way.
Exactly what way do you have in mind? The verb <sofa> 'to sleep'
(søfr, svaf, sváfu, sofinn) shows a similar alternation. OE has
swefan, swæf, swæ:fon, and if memory serves, there are a few other
examples of *Cwa-, *Cwe- > *Cwo- > Co- in ON.
Brian