Re: Avestan Izha (was Names of god)

How about i_s'a (i_s'vara) with a long 'i' ? E.g. i_s'a_va_sya
upanis.ad

--- In cybalist@..., liberty@... wrote:
> I just thought of something. Since z^ doesn't occur between vowels
> within a word in Avestan but only out of *s after RUKI and when
> voiced by the following consonant, then in an unattested dialect of
> Avestan the cluster *-Vz^d- could have reduced to -V:z^- and filled
> that empty slot without disturbing the system of contrasts (or
> whatever it's called). I:z^a: could then be a borrowing from that
> dialect.
> -David