From: konrad_oddsson
Message: 3015
Date: 2003-04-19
> I t strikes me that in Älvdalska, they say 'ûor' (=our), i.e. witha nasalization.
>This makes sense. The development of our 'our' into Old Norse is
> /Arnljotr
> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "konrad_oddsson"but
> <konrad_oddsson@...> wrote:
> > 'For the examples given of the nasal vs. oral distinction this
> > appears from the etymology of each form as follows:
> >
> > (Note: nasal are within paranthesis; long vowels not indicated)
> >
> > H(A)R 'shark' *hanhaR, cf. Skt. shankú- 'stick, water animal';
> > HAR 'hair' *hâra, cf. OHG OS hâr, OE h´ær.alternation
> >
> > R(O)(hooked o)'corner' *wranhô (cf. Sw. vrå), cf., with
> > according to Verner's Law, OIcel. rong (hooked o) *wrang-, OEwrang
> > (a), cf. Mod. Engl. wrong 'twisted'; but RO (hooked o) 'yard'*þela,
> *rahô,
> > cf. Sw. rå, MHG rahe.
> >
> > Þ(E)L 'file' *þinhlô/*finhlô, cf. OHG fîhala, OE fêol, fîl, cf.
> Skt.
> > pimsháti 'hews out, carves'; but ÞEL 'woollen nap' probably
> > cf. OE þel 'a plank, plate,' Skt. talam 'surface, level, palm'.pangô);
> >
> > F(E)R (hooked e) 'conceives' *fanhiR, cf. OIcel.inf. fá, Goth.
> > fahan, OHG OS fâhan, OE fôn *fanhan, cf., with alternation
> according
> > to Verner's Law, past part. OIcel. fengenn (cf. also Lat.
> > but FER (hooked o) 'sheep' *fahaz - PIE *pokos, cf. Gk. pêkos,pl.)
> pôkos
> > 'wool, fleece'.
> >
> > I 'in' *in, cf. Goth. OHG OS OE in; but ISA 'ice floes'(acc.
> > *îsanz, cf. OHG OS OE îs.mas.sg.)
> >
> > (O)RAR 'our' (fem.pl.) *unrôR *unzarôz (My Note: oblique case of
> the
> > reflexive pronoun - Proto-Norse adjective would be *unsaraR
> > cf. Goth. unsar, OHG unsêr, OS unsa; but ORAR 'madness' *wôrôR,cf.
> > OHG adj. wuorag, OS wôrag, OE wêrig (Mod. Engl. weary).tu,
> >
> > (Ö)RA 'younger' (neut.) *junhiRô, cf. Goth. juhiza, and, with
> > alternation according to Verner's Law, OIcel. ungr, Goth. juggs,
> OHG
> > OS jung, OE geong; but ÖRA 'to vex' *wôrian, cf. orar above.
> >
> > Þ(U)AT 'pressed' *þunh-; but ÞU 'thou' *þû, cf. Goth. þu, Lat.
> > etc..to
> >
> > S(Y)NA 'to show' *siunian, cf. OIcel. sión, Goth. siuns; whereas
> > SYNA 'laps,' as a gen. pl. of the weak fem. *sýia, must go back
> > *siujônô (cf. Goth.gen.pl. in -ono of fem. n-stems), with theroot
> > vowel separated from the nasal consonant by the intervening -jô-.'
> >this
> > Seeing these etymologies should underscore the importance of
> > type of modern linguistic research to the accurate phonologicalmade
> > representation of Old Norse. Given the advances that have been
> > in this type of research, we should one day be able to achievethe
> > following: 1) produce a dictionary and printed texts in OldNorse
> > where nasality is indicated by regular and elegant means 2)produce
> > a standardized ancestor for Old Norse for comparative andliterary
> > purposes, one which would be a tremendous help in understandingwhy
> > Old Norse is the way it is and why it is sometimes so confusingand
> > difficult to learn.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Konrad.