Re: Latin re:ne:s 'kidneys'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> Anttila's etymology requires one metathesis of a rather common type
> (sonorants swapping places) and _no_ semantic shift whatsoever, so why
> should it be considered inferior?
>
> Piotr
>

Yes, but such metathesises are pure speculations...

You cannot demonstrate them (either pro or con) so there is no value by supposing them

Marius