Re: Abadha, avadh, oudh, kos'ala

--- In cybalist@..., "kalyan97" <kalyan97@...> wrote:

> HORSE
> Latin equus 'horse', O.Irish ech, Toch. yuk, yakwe :: Lithuanian
> as'va` (fem.), IIr *ac'ua > E.Ir. aspa, Vedic azva
>
> What is the direction of change?
>
> zv- to quu-?
>
> Vedic. zv-: Avest. -sp- : O.Pers. -s- : Lith. -sw-, Latin -qu-
> [kw] : Gothic -hv- OHG -h-, O.Irish -ch-, Gaul. -p-, Toch. -k/kw-,
> IE *k'w

No, the direction is from *k^w to Satem *c'w to /s'v/, /sp/, /s^v/
(Lith.), etc. In the non-Satem branches *k^w > /kw/, /hW/, /p/, etc.
But we've been through it before and there'd be little point in
boring the list to death with another Misraic thread.

> What is this Abadha? Any coincidence possible with an ancient

region

> in India called avadh (oudh) which was also referred to as kos'ala
> (cf. kosi river). In the tradition of Ramayana, kos'ala was ruled

by

> Das'aratha (lit. ten chariots).

As Glen's posting makes clear, it's his private acronym, coined ca.
2002, for Abkhaz + Adyghe + Hattic. See? Ab-Ad-Ha. "Coincidence" is
the right word here.

Piotr