Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/hringaz

The Finnic borrowings
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? 23:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Old French from Frankish rank
I believe Old French, , , are more likely descended from or the result of a merger with Frankish. --Victar (talk) 17:06, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd have thought they were just from, not from  as well. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:12, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * 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 . --Victar (talk) 19:19, 3 May 2013 (UTC)