Re[2]: [tied] Re: "As"

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 50333
Date: 2007-10-18

At 4:58:16 PM on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> Hey! You stole my question before I could respond! ;p
> Scandinavian as- < ans- --right?

More accurately, a:s- < *ans-.

> If so, how do we explain the -n-?
> It's the same root as Anglo-Saxon os "god"?

That's o:s, but yes, it is.

See
<http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/24255>.

Brian