Re: [tied] Re: Sobaka and Iranian

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 16062
Date: 2002-10-08

Message
-----Original Message-----
From: Piotr Gasiorowski [mailto:piotr.gasiorowski@...]
Sent: 2002 m. spalio 8 d. 14:12
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [tied] Re: Sobaka and Iranian

--- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:


>> *****GK: Could Arabic be a source of the
epenthetic
>> "o"? We know they turned the Byzantine "sklav"
into
>> something like "saqalibah". And Arab merchants
traded
>> actively (via the Caucasus)with the Khazars (and
Volga
>> Bulgars, and East European Slavs)*****

>A good idea.
Something like *saba:ka: from *spaka- could well be due
>to a Semitic
"filter". Iranian --> Aramaic --> Arabic --> Khazar -->
>East
Slavic?
 
I second here as well. Definitely worth further investigation.
 
Sergei