Re: Bear (Was: HORSA vs. EXWA)

At 9:41:13 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Tavi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "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.

> I guess it would be **ursa- or **urta-, as there's no
> velar here (*H2rts-o-).

Obviously there is: the source is *h2r'ktsos.