Re[7]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Aryan

At 4:26:34 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> I remember seeing, years ago, a claim that rise, raise and
> rear (up) were non IE words, so I'm wondering if they're
> related to *ar-

> If so, what happened to the *a-? Was the a- of arise
> perceived to be a prefix?

To the best of my knowledge, the <a-> of <arise> *was* a
prefix, originally <ar-> (as found in Northumb. <arri:san>,
according to the OED s.v. <arise>) and also found as <or->,
corresponding to Goth. <uz-, us->, OHG <ur-, ir-, ar->,
OSax. <or-, ur- a->, and ON <ør->.

Brian