Re: [tied] Re: Germanic KW

At 7:35:10 PM on Sunday, May 27, 2007, stlatos wrote:

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

>> How about this:
>> OHG garo,
>> MHG gar, garwer
>> ON go,rr "prepared, complete"

More like 'ready, willing, prone to; skilled, accomplished';
OE <gearo> is 'prepared, ready, equipped, finished'.

>> < PGerm. *gar-wa ("cooked"), ppp in -wo of *gWHer- "warm"
>> v.

>> (whence *garw-jan > ON ger(v)jan, Da. gøre "do")

> Do these mean 'prepare, cook' like OE gegearwian?

OE <(ge)gearwian> is much more general: 'to equip, prepare,
do, make ready; to make'. This is about the same range as
ON <gørva> (<göra>, <gøra>, <gjöra>, <gera>, etc.). I think
that Torsten is reaching.

Brian