Re: IRMIN

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

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tgpedersen
> To: cybalist@...
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:18 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: I, Hercules [was: A "Germanic" query] IRMIN
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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-).

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

<alaman>?

>
> Not quite. The development of NE Iranian vowels is very sensitive

to the original vowel length and syllable structure: *aryaman- >
*æliman-, more or less.

>
> Piotr

So in Alanian *arya- develops into /ala-/, as in <Alanian>, and
*aryaman- into *æliman-. Is this, more or less, a case of the
famous /man/-umlaut?

Torsten