From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 31301
Date: 2004-03-01
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From: "S.Kalyanaraman" <kalyan97@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] *gwhor-n0- 'furnace'; is an Indo-Iranian form attested?
> Are any Indo-Iranian or Hittite forms attested?
Sanskrit is IIr. (and so is Avestan: <gar&ma-> 'hot). I'm not aware of any
Anatolian cognates.
> How would bhra_s.t.ra be explained?
It's a vriddhied adjective derived from the noun <bHras.t.ra-> 'frying pan',
an instrumental derivative in *-tra- (< PIE *-tlom/*-trom) of the Skt. root
{bHRj-} 'fry, roast' (< *bHreg^-).
Piotr