Re: Prakrit cha 'six'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Anirban Banerjee" <anirb@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "wtsdv" <liberty@...> wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> > <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Where does the Prakrit (incl. Pali) word _cha_ 'six' come

from?

> > > I don't see how to relate it to Sankrit SaS- beyond a vague
> > > similarity.
> >
> > Isn't it supposed to come from a variant beginning with
> > *k or *kW, as seen in Avestan xšvaš or Ossetic æxsæz?
> > Although I don't remember if Old Indo-Aryan kS- resulted
> > in Prakrit ch- or not. Do you know?
> >
> > David
>
> Greetings to listmembers.
>
> OIA kS- does result in Prakrit ch- (-cch- in medial positions) .
> Indeed, that is the popular pronunciation of /kS/ in Hindi for

tatsama

> words. There are many examples from Old Bengali: kakSa 'close' >
> kaccha ; makSikA 'insect'> macchi-a > ma:chi (modern);

lakSmi 'goddess

> of wealth' > lachmi (modern dialectal Hindi, Middle Hindi

dialects).

Thanks, everyone.

Do the non-Sanskrit based dialects offer any evidence for PIE **sW,
perhaps via an Old Indic stage *kS?

Richard.