Re: Grimm's Law

Danny Wier wrote:


>> p > f > v (initially, but still /f/)
>
>This occurs in limited cases: for example, Vater [fAtV] "father", but not
>Fisch [fIS] "fish".
and Fuss, fahren etc. etc.
Any perceptible reason for that?

Here we go again with---- Dutch has |v| in almost all cases.  My little
Hugo's pocketsize dictionary, has just 3 pages-- about 120 words-- listings
with |f-|, at least 90% obvious loans.  Non-obvious ones (i.e. that _I_
can't place with certainty) include---
falen 'to fail' possibly French?, cf. Sp. fallecer?; fel 'fierce' (cf. Engl.
fell-- 'one fell swoop'?), fladderen 'to flutter', flauw 'insipid, silly,
faint' (Fr. again? cf. Span. flaco?), fokken 'to breed (animals)', fuif
'spree', fuiven 'to revel', fut 'spirit, pep'-- this last looks like it
wants to be a Kash word....adds to dictionary  ;-)

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