Re: [tied] The Scythian Brothers

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From: george knysh

To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 4:52 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] The Scythian Brothers

******GK: Perhaps Herodotus was reporting from a dialect which had retained the IE "ei". Thanks for all this, Piotr, and best wished for the New Year.*****

 

The problem is, PIE *ei > Iranian *ai, which would not have caused the change of *r > *l even if it had changed back to /ei/ (lambdacism operates before an immediately following /i/ or /j/). Herodotus' Greek spelling (orthographic <ei>) represents long /i:/, not phonetic /ei/. I'll give it more thought.

 

I wish you, and everybody on the list, sparkling rivers of ice-cold champagne tonight, and a happy New Year.

 

Piotr