LL-L "Phonology" 2011.09.08 (04) [EN]

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From: Joachim <Osnabryg+Lowlands at googlemail.com>
 Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2011.09.08 (03) [EN]

Am 07.09.11 21:48, schrieb Heather Rendall:

perhaps it has a genetic source that leads people to hear
sounds in reverse. I am still bowled over by  Ross >  Ors    visually
it looks acceptably logical but aurally - as it would have had to have
been in illiterate times - it is an amazing and seemingly inexplicable
step.


It might be more traceable, if you concider the germanic source of the term:

The most Saxon, Germanic based appellation for latine *cavallus* had been:

*hrussa-, *hrussam

which might have been pronounced like [ɦɘrʊssa…] or [χɘrʊssa…], which could
also aurally easily lead to

*hursa-, *hursam, Germ. (already the metathesis of the 'r'),

to come out into:

hros, Old Saxon, O.Fris. hors, O.E. hors
hros-s, Old Norsk (with many other appellations)
hros, O. H. G. and to:

ors (sometimes: ros), M. Low G.
ors, Middel Dutch, ros, M. H. G., and finally to:
modern
LS (at least Westphalian) *ors/ros*, , NL *ros*, EN *horse*.

I wonder if such kind of older Germanic spelling/prononciation could also be
applied for other examples of the r-metathesis.

Met echt-westfœlsken »Goudgaun!«
joachim
Kreimer-de Fries, Osnabrügge => Berlin-Pankow



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