Whisper sweet fricatives to me (was [tied] Re: Torun´)

--- In cybalist@..., "wtsdv" <liberty@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> >
> > Personally, <xs^aþiya-> gives me orgasmic delight. But that's
> > just me.
>
> Now that's my kind of man! Call me up some time and I'll
> recite the Ossetian tale of "Æxsar and Æxsærtæg" to you.
>
> David

Any language with æ in it can't be all bad.

But come to think of it, the Avestan word I should have been thinking
of was <fs^umans-> "having much cattle" (<- PIE *peku-), which would
tempt (pre-proto-Germanic) camp followers to say (proto-Germanic)
*fehu- (I know of course p->f is restricted to some enviroments in
Iranian etc etc).

Torsten