Re: OE Tir and OHG Ziari

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>>> 3) Can you think of any other words derived from PGmc
>>> *ti:-ya- ?

>> I'm assuming that you mean *ti:-ra-. Since that's PGmc.,
>> they'd have to be Gmc. De Vries mentions an OFris. <ti:re>
>> 'Schmucksache' (more or less 'ornamental trinket').

> http://www.dict.cc/?s=zier
> (loan -> Da. No. sir, obs.)
> http://www.dict.cc/?s=zierlich
> (loan -> Da., No. sirlig)
> http://www.dict.cc/?s=zieren

These are already covered by the OHG word mentioned earlier.

Brian