Ossetic Farn

The Ossetic 'farn' is supposed to be a cognate of xWar&nah-,
but if so, does anybody know why *xW resulted in |f| rather
than |x| here as it usually does, as in 'xor', "the sun"?

David

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> They may be based on the same root (the etymological interpretation
of Persian xWar&nah- has been debated), and if so, *xWa:rya: would be
a different but related word for the same thing -- royal glory.
>
> Piotr