--- In
cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" wrote:
> > Matasovic´:
> > Another, less probable explanation would involve positing
> > a special rule *h2rC > *arC before C[r]C > CriC
> That's right. In fact, CRC > CaRC (where R stands for a resonant) but
> CLCstop > CLiCstop (where L stands for a liquid). Also notice
> Matasovic´ made a typo (quoted verbatim by Brian).
What's the typo? As I read the quote, the general rule is CrC > CriC, bled by some other change in this case. However, the 2011 correction by Matsovic' reads:
Apparently homophonous MIr. _art_ `power', `hero', and `god' are probably just metaphorical extensions of the word for `bear' Basque
_hartz_ `bear' is presumably a Celtic loanword. The development of the syllabic resonant *r > _ar_ before a stop is probably to be explained by assuming aspecial development of the cluster *tk' (to *þ or *xþ) and that this cluster behaved like the fricative *s when the syllabic resonant developed vocalic prothesis (but cf. PCelt. *mrixto-, which shows that original, non metathesised *kt was preserved in Celtic until the development of the prothesis in syllabic resonants). Thus we had *h2rtk'os > *(H)rxþos > *arxþos > *artos, but *mrktos > *mriktos >*mrixtos. Another, in my opinion less probable explanation, would involve positing a special rule *h2rC > *arC before CRC > CriC (Joseph 1982: 50f.).
Richard.