Re: [SPAM] [tied] Sanskrit "hrd" and "hanu"

From: P&G
Message: 49464
Date: 2007-08-05

>Does anyone know the reason why Sanskrit has <h-> in <hrd> "heart" (also
><ha:rdi>) where non-Indo->Iranian languages all have evidence of *k^-?

The answer is not known. Note that Sanskrit does show the expected reflex
in the compound *krd-dha > s'rad-dha: 'trust' and s'rad-dadhat:ti 'trusts,
believes' (exactly cognate to Latin cre-do).

Peter