[tied] Re: Prakrit cha 'six'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

> If the PIIr. initial cluster was *ks^(w)-,
> there's nothing absurd about assuming Proto-Indic *ks.- in 'six',
> simplified in Sanskrit but preserved in the Prakrits.

Given the correspondence of Pali s- to Sanskrit sv-, I presume Proto-
Indic *ks.v- is also possible.

Richard.