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

On 2009-06-12 19:37, Brian M. Scott wrote:

> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com <mailto:cybalist%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Joao S. Lopes"
> > <josimo70@...> wrote:
>
> >> sr- in Latin should give fr-, not r-; compare to *srig- >
> >> frigidus > "cold".
>
> > But this isn't a "regular" evolution,
>
> It is according to Michael Weiss, who gives the regular
> development of the cluster as follows:
>
> *sr- > fr- (as in *sri:gos 'cold' > fri:gus)
>
> *-sr- > -br- (as in *founes-ris 'funerary' > fu:nebris
> and *mulies-ris 'womanly' > muliebris'

I suppose Octavià means that it was the development of <re:ne:s> that
was irregular.

Piotr