Re: Latin re:ne:s 'kidneys'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

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

But that's a general condition in historical linguistics.

How would you account for Sp. milagro "miracle" and palabra "word"?


Torsten