Re: [tied] Re: etruscan

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 5385
Date: 2001-01-09

No, this is a context-conditioned (basically preconsonantal) spirantisation, e.g. *put-lo-s 'boy, son' > *putra- > Av. puTra- (T = Eng. "th") but *ph2te:(r) > Av. pita:.
 
Piotr
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Torsten Pedersen
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:38 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: etruscan

BTW, aren't the Iranian languages Grimmian-shifting? fshumans, "rich"?