On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 11:53:32 -0200, João Simões Lopes Filho
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jodan99@...> wrote:
>Sanskrit PRDAKU- Russian PARS Greek PARDOS, PARDALIS, PORDALIS
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>PIE word?
>Russian < Scythian?
Russian <bars>, according to Gamqrelidze & Ivanov, is borrowed from
Turkic <ba:rs>, in turn from Persian <pa:rs>.
G & I (not unexpectedly) claim that the word is PIE, based on Hitt.
<parsana>, the Persian word, as well as the Grk. and Skt. forms you
mention above (plus Sogdian <pwrD'nk>). I don't recall how they want
to explain the *pard- ~ *pars- alternation. Not very likely.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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