--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> Isn't the variant <abadHa->, <avadH> folk-etymological? The
development of <ayodHya-> into <audH> looks regular, but it looks as
if there had been a secondary ahistorical association with <abadHa->
or <avadHa-> 'indestructible'. Of course <ayodHya-> is related to
<yudHyate> 'fight, oppose' (PIE root *jeudH-) and means 'not to be
warred against'.
What would be the PIE root for a_yudha, 'weapon'? In Tamil a_yattam
means 'preparing (for war)'.