Re: *kant-/*kunt-, harbor, hide and hunt

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> What is un-indo-european about these hydronyms ?

The a/u/i alternation.
-u- should have had ablaut forms -eu-, -ou-.
-i- should have had ablaut forms -ei-, -oi-.

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LAtin is not Indo-European ?

A.

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> burs quick one
> durs long one
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> More complex with r < d
> and s (written z) < r (bascoid rules)
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> murs/murg *ma?-d-r. "humid"
> urs *udr. "water"
> nurs *g^heud-r. "flow"
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> urs is basically *udr. with a different phonetics.

Well, that one I can agree on.



Torsten



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