Re: Odainsakur

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:40:08 +0100, Poul Erik Jørgensen
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<ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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I once met a [tO:r] (alveolar t) from Minnesota. He said it was the
same name others pronounce as [TO:r]. Is Týr a form of the same name?

He has Norwegian ancestors I think. Lots of Norwegians emigrated in the
19.th and 20.th centuries to Minnesota.
Tor - also spelled Thor - is in Old Norse Þórr. As you se, it cannot be from
the same root as Týr.

*ti:waz > *ti:waR > *ti:wR > *ti:uR > ty:r = Týr
*þunaraz > *þunarr > *þonarr > *þo:rr = Þórr

And of course *þunaraz is also the source of English
<thunder>.

Modern Norwegians say something like [to:r].

Brian
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