Re: [tied] Re: Verner's Law for *-ns-á > *-nz-á

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 71701
Date: 2014-03-16

Akin to English gannet (ganot) and gander? Thus, *nz-V´- > *nrV?

JS Lopes


Em Domingo, 16 de Março de 2014 0:30, "dgkilday57@..." <dgkilday57@...> escreveu:
 



---In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, <josimo70@...> wrote :

Is there any example of Verner's Law shifting -ns->-nZ- ?

JS Lopes

Possibly Swiss German _gann(er)_ 'diving bird', if it is correctly referred to Gmc. *ganzá-, a thematization of the PIE consonant-stem for 'goose' identical to Skt. _ham.sás_ 'gander; male swan'; cf. Pokorny, IEW 412.

DGK