Re: Metathesis?
| From: | Leo Caesius <leo_caesius@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 28, 2005, 15:58 |
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:30:37 -0000, tomhchappell <tomhchappell@...>
wrote:
>I don't know if this helps;
>but there has been longer-distance metathesis than that, hasn't there?
>
>miraglo --> milagro
>periglo --> peligro
>
>and, I'm not sure, but ISTR something about a cognate for the
>word "pilgrim" also?
This is also common in Neo-Mandaic with words containing two liquids:
shalvar "trousers" (Persian lw.) ---> sharwala:
lashkar "army" (Persian lw.) ----> rashkal
*regla: "foot" ----> loghra: