Re: Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 70759
Date: 2013-01-22

So, in Scots, ruchties and urxies, sounds right ;>

--- On Mon, 1/21/13, Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

From: Richard Wordingham <richard.wordingham@...>
Subject: Re: [tied] Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, January 21, 2013, 7:51 PM

 

--- 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.