Re: Re[2]: [tied] Religious terms , here saint

On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:00:17 +0200, alex <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

>Brian M. Scott wrote:
>> At 1:33:12 PM on Sunday, June 29, 2003, alex wrote:
>>
>>> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>>
>>>> Avestan sp&nta-, Lithuanian s^ventas, Slavic sveNtU point
>>>> to PIE *k^wentos and nothing else.
>>
>>>> Avestan Lithuanian Slavic
>>>> PIE *sw- xv- sv- sv-
>>>> PIE *k^w- sp- s^v- sv-
>>
>>> an *swentos shouldn't make any trouble in satem space ,
>>> would it?
>>
>> Yes. It's right in front of you.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
>Oh. I bet you mean that *k^v > sp in Avestan as _one of the changes_
>which can happen;In the same manner *sw > xv in Avestan is too just _one
>of several_ possibilities who can occure. I am sure Miguel is aware of
>the other renderings of pie *k^w and PIE *sw in Avestan, he showed just
>the *k^w > sp and *sw > xv here.

*k^w- _always_ gives sp- in Avestan. For *sw-, the normal development is
xv-, but there is indeed another possibility (xs^v-, as in xs^vas^ "6").
Secondary *sw (from *suHV) gives hv-.


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