Re: Vacillare

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

> --- On Mon, 12/8/08, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> . . .
> > How about this:
> > Gmc. wank- "vagari", so, vacca = a cow left to
> > its own devices in the
> > meadows (*vang-), as opposed to one in the stable?
> > http://runeberg.org/svetym/1177.html
>
> I suppose most wankers do so because they've left to their own devices

That verb had to come up sooner or later.
How come it has /ä/, not /å/ as expected after /w/?


Torsten