Re: Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 70757
Date: 2013-01-22

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister wrote:
> --- On Mon, 1/21/13, Brian M. Scott wrote:

> > Supposing we had "Kurganic" bears in English instead of
> > regular old bears and bruins, would it be something like
> > **arth or **archt or **arght????

> I think that I'd expect *h2r'ktsos to yield PGmc. *urhsaz or
> *urhtaz.

> BrianRRR So in Hypothetical-English, we'd come up with **urkser or **urther or maybe **urks or **urth ???

I think we'd get *orxes or *roughts.

Richard.