Re: I, Hercules [was: A "Germanic" query] IRMIN

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:

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> Subject: [tied] Re: I, Hercules [was: A "Germanic" query] IRMIN
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> [Torsten] In light of New Persian <e:rma:n>, which developped from

<Aryaman> within an Iranic language, are you certain that Alanian did
not have a similar form?

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> [Piotr] As the name "Alani" proves, the development of *arya- in

Alanic was different from that in Persian. Besides, the initial vowel
is short in Germanic; it can't represent *e: < *ai (*airiia-).

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[Torsten] Ah, now I get it. In Alanian <aryaman> would be <alaman>?


Torsten