Re: Sanskrit question

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
wrote:

> <ucchis.t.a-> is from <ut-s'is.t.a->, formed with <ut-> (for
> phonetical reasons, here substituting for <ud->, a prefix that in this
> case indicates separation and disjunction) and <s'is.t.a-> 'anything
> that remains or is left, remains, remnant' (from the verbal root
> <s'is.-> 'to leave, leave remaining').

Yes, of course, a nice example of the Vedic sandhi rule //-t + s'-//
--> ccH.

Piotr