Basque <okaran> `plum'

[Larry Trask]

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> It seems to me that Corominas is suggesting that <okaran> was
> borrowed from Gothic <akran>, and <akaran> --> <okaran> under the
> influence of <oko>.

OK; but I've already pointed out some serious difficulties with this.

> Whether <oko> has anything to do with <ogi> is another question (but
> ot- + g- or k- > ok-, as in okin "baker").

Yes, <ogi> plus a *<garan> would indeed yield *<okaran> by the usual
rules, but I know of no evidence for any *<garan>.

Larry Trask
COGS
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH
UK

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