Re: [tied] Lutra, Otter

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:13:17 -0700 (PDT), "Joao S. Lopes"
<josimo70@...> wrote:

>Is there any explanation for the anomalous prefixes and developments of PIE *udros "otter"?
>
>Germanic *otraz "otter", regular
>Greek hydros, hydra "otter, water snake, hydra", regular
>Greek enydra "otter", irregular
>Latin lutra, ontra (Portuguese lontra, Spanish nutria), irregular
>Slavic *vydra, irregular?

regular: *udráh2; Winter's law > *u:drá:; w-prothesis
*wu:dra:; fronting of *u: > vydra.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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