[tied] Re: Creation > IE Astronomy

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 10129
Date: 2001-10-11

--- In cybalist@..., cas111jd@... wrote:

> Austrine is a variant form of Ausrine.

Never heard of -sr- > -str- or -s^r- > -s^tr- process in Lithuanian
(would be normal for Slavic). Proto-form *aus-tro- seemes to be
impossible as well (what is that -tro- and is it paralled in the
Aurora-lexemes in other IE languages?). You either have to point to
the source or accept possible fictiousness of the form.

Sergei