From: Torsten
Message: 65681
Date: 2010-01-18
>Well, I gathered that, but got the perhaps false impressions from your posting that leaving out the composition vowel was a general Frankish thing?
> At 3:38:19 AM on Friday, January 15, 2010, Torsten wrote:
>
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> > <BMScott@> wrote:
>
> >> At 5:08:35 AM on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, Torsten
> >> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >>> Wouldn't one expect **xarja-wald-, not *xari-wald?
>
> >> In PGmc., but not in OFrk.
>
> > That is interesting. Could you to elaborate on that?
>
> PGmc. *xarjaz > *xariz > OHG heri.
>
> Morlet has the very early <Charivaldus>.