Re: [tied] Re: Lambdacism

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From: Alexander Stolbov

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Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 1:12 AM

Subject: [tied] Re: Lambdacism

> You mentioned "Ossetic-type lambdacism". Are there other types of lambdacism in Iranian languages?

 

Quite a few, I mentioned Yaghnobi (intervocalic) *-þr- > *-l- and Pashto *d > l on this list not long ago. The later gives e.g. calor 'four' < c^ador < *c^aþwar- or lu:r 'daughter' < *duxtr-. The River Helmand was once *hedumand- < Iranian *haitu-mant- (= Skt. setu-mant-) 'having natural dams'.

 

> And could you please formulate the conditions of IE *l > Indo-Ir. *r .

 

This is easy: *l > *r, full stop.

 

Piotr