Re: [tied] Re: The Indo-European or Persian term for "Year" or "Ann

From: Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen
Message: 27239
Date: 2003-11-15

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> As far as I know, Persian word for "year" is "sal" and for "annual"
> _salname_. Probably from PIE *yer 'year'.

How can anyone combine these words? Persian sal is from sard- (Avestan
sar&d-). It is connected with Lith. s^il~tas 'warm' in Pokorny 551f.

Jens