--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alexander Stolbov
>
> > And could you please formulate the conditions of IE *l >
> > Indo-Ir. *r .
>
> This is easy: *l > *r, full stop.
>
> Piotr
In "The Sanskrit Language" T. Burrow states that while the
N.W. dialect of the Rig Veda merged I.E. *l and *r into r, the
more easterly dialect that formed the basis of classical Sanskrit
preserved the distinction, and that a still more easterly dialect
merged both *l and *r into l. Burrow also lists a few sporadic
retentions of I.E. *l in Iranian:
Pers. litan 'to lick', Skt. rih-, Gk. leíkho;
Pers. lain 'soft', Skt. slaksna-;
Pers. lab 'lip', Lat. labium;
Oss. sald 'cold', Lith. áltas.
David