Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names: Paralatai

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11630
Date: 2001-12-02

In an "Ossetoid" dialect I'd predict *pararya- > *parala- (vocalic nuances ignored). Remember, however, that liquids behave capriciously if  two or more of them are found in the same word, and may easily undergo irregular dissimilation, metathesis or dissimilatory loss. Cf. Eng. pilgrim < pelegrin < peregri:nus, Greek alistera < aristera: 'left hand', West Germanic *briura- > *biura- 'beer'. Many Poles say "labolatorium" for <laboratorium>, and Sturtevant (1947) quotes English lapses like "prular, plotoprasm". I'd say that *parala- ~ *palara- is a common type of variation, especially in a language with a strong tendency to dissimilate rhotics and ratelars ... I mean laterals.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: george knysh
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Subject: Re: [tied] Scythian tribal names: Paralatai

*****GK: Would this mean that in an "Ossetic-type" Iranian language the original assumed *pararya might develop into "palarya"? I ask because of implications in another context, which I will get to if the answer is affirmative and forget if it is not.*****