Re: Star (was "Azerbaijan")

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> > > Piotr:
> >The Arabic name is just an Arabised version of a:Darbayja:n <
> >a:durba:daga:n < Median *a:tur-pa:taka:n- 'land of fire

custodians'.

> >Related to one old IE root for 'burn' (*h2ah1-, hence *h2ah1-tr-)

and to > >*pah2- 'guard, keep'

> > Just a question. If *xah- is "burn" then... are we to reconstruct
> *xhste:rs for "star"? Is this a valid word form for IndoEuropean?

How does *xhste:rs 'star' become naks.atra, 'star' in Sanskrit? What
is the significance of the prefix na-?