Re: [tied] Re: Scythian tribal names: Paralatai

I think it's quite possible. The hypothetical non-lambdaic dialect must also be assumed to have had Persian-style umlaut (vowel breaking with later diphthongisation: *ary- > *airy- > *e:r-

> *ir-).

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] Re: Scythian tribal names: Paralatai

Could the "Iron" name of the Ossetians then come from a non- lambdacizing dialect within the Alanic confederation, and "Ælon" from a lambdicizing one?