Res: [tied] Re: Latin re:ne:s 'kidneys'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

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> sr- in Latin should give fr-, not r-; compare to *srig- > frigidus "cold".
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But this isn't a "regular" evolution, because Latin borrowed the word from another IE language.

The name Roma (< ruma) is a derivation from the root *sreu- 'to flow' in a language different from Latin.