[tied] Re: Star (was "Azerbaijan")

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

>
> When was that? My current thoughts on *xster- is that
> it is indeed a derivative of *xeh- "to burn" and therefore
> a native word.

I read your posts here, on PIEML and the Nostratic list with
curiosity, but I admit that I understand little of it. I'm
sorry if I've misrepresented your position.

> I have no clue about Ossetic /st'aly/ but I doubt this has
> much bearing on the origins of IndoEuropean *xster- . . .

Actually the question was the other way around. The bearing
of a P.I.E., or earlier, *xster- on the origins of Iron st'aly
was being considered. In any case I dropped the whole clumsy
Caucasian loan question after Piotr reassured me that nothing
more than a sporadic sound change was involved.

David