Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/hringaz

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The Finnic borrowings

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I am wondering if they really do demonstrate that they were borrowed before -en- > -in-. Is there a possibility that the combination -in- was borrowed as -en- in the Finnic languages? Maybe because they didn't allow that combination of sounds at the time of borrowing? —CodeCat 23:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Old French from Frankish rank

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I believe Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang (line, row, rank) are more likely descended from or the result of a merger with Frankish *rank (straight, erect). --Victar (talk) 17:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

I'd have thought they were just from *rank, not from *hring as well. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:12, 3 May 2013 (UTC)Reply
w:An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary gives this etymology, and people have been just running with it ever since. If no one objects, I'll change it to *rank. --Victar (talk) 19:19, 3 May 2013 (UTC)Reply