--- tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
Sean:
> > I'd give the same explanation for timira- (with
> loss of syl-final C,
> > spread of the V to another syllable, both good
> indications).
> ??
I speculated on finstar being from a child's
pronunciation because it shows both f for th and n for
m (before str). Both of those are likely during early
language use; it's a fairly complex word phonetically.
Similarly timira- shows two changes associated with
children. It's a possibility that both can be
explained this way (and with personified darkness a
trait of PIE and the dark an early childhood fear,
these forms may have entered common speech).
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