Re: squirrel

From: Torsten
Message: 69004
Date: 2012-03-16

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <bm.brian@...> wrote:
>
> At 6:18:45 AM on Thursday, March 15, 2012, Torsten wrote:
>
> > However, Norwegian 'ras'. It can't be Slavic liquid
> > metathesis(?); is it Schrijver's bird lnguage?
>
> It's ON <rass>, metathesized from earlier (attested) <ars>.
>
Obviously it is ('ars' still in jysk), but why? That's not a regular rule.


Torsten