Re: IE *p and *b

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 50828
Date: 2007-12-09

Okay, I seem to remember --but someone check this out
that there is or was a Celtic form *srag
If we look at Greek raks and posit straw(berry) <
s-ra:k-
Would that work?


--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

> Meillet has :
> frâga (a plural) from *sra:g-
> and adds : might be linked with Greek raks : grapes.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick McCallister
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:10 PM
> Subject: [Courrier indésirable] Re: [tied] IE *p
> and *b
>
>
> An ignorant question -- could Celtic "doublets"
> such
> as Gaelic sron vs. Continental Celtic *fron-
> (source
> of Sp. fruncir, etc.) have come via *spr-
> Also, how about English straw(berry) vs. Latin
> fraga
> -could there have been an intermediate *spr- form?
> Could Latin have borrowed fraga from Celtic?
>
>
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