Celtic Germanic relationship

[Brent J. Ermlick]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:30:34AM -0500, JoatSimeon at aol.com wrote:
	. . .
> Eg., the PrtGrmc word for "iron" is a Celtic loan, as are several other terms
> (ruler and servant, for instance) and the form of these loans indicates that
> they were borrowed before the first Germanic sound-shift, since it underwent
> that change. (PIE *t, *d, and *dh ==> *th, *t, and *d, and PIE *p, *t and *k
> ==> *b, *d, and *g., etc.)  This is the most notable feature immediately
> distinguishing Germanic from the other IE languages.

Do these loans provide evidence for all three consonant grades?
The only words that come to mind are *i:sarn- (iron) and *ri:k- (power),
which only provide evidence for PIE *g -> PGmc *k.

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