Re[2]: Fw: [tied] Pferd

At 4:48:18 PM on Friday, August 10, 2007, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> At 3:00:32 PM on Monday, August 6, 2007, fournet.arnaud
>> wrote:

>>> Note that Irish has crann "tree" and Breton" has prenn
>>> "tree" from *kwr-enn.

>> From PCelt. *kWresno- 'wood, tree', according to
>> Matasovic,

> How would that become crann?

I've no idea why it has /a/. Neither had Thurneysen ('has
not been explained and is doubtless secondary'), but perhaps
more is known now. I don't have ready access to Ériu, but
this might be interesting:

MCMANUS, DAMIAN. 1992. Varia III: On the vocalism of Old
Irish crann. Ériu 43, 205-06.

>> from PIE *kWres-; OE <hyrst> is cognate

> I'd say it's from *kart+ 'bend > be strong/hard' (also
> 'bend > plait/twist/weave etc.')

It's possible.

Brian