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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> As for the the initial /s-/ I'll refer to Iron <sarh> that
> David supplied. Apparently Sarmatian was an exception to the
> rule that /s-/ > /h-/ in Iranian.
But I don't think "sarh" comes from *sadula-, at least that
hasn't been proven and so can't be used as evidence of an
exception to the rule. Nor do I know of any other exceptions
in Ossetic to the s- > h- change, actually s- > h- > 0- in
Ossetic, sv- > hv- > xw-.
Oss. avd "seven", Pers. haft, Sk. sapta-
Oss. æm- (prefix), Pers. ham-, Sk. sam-
Oss. æcæg "truthful", Sk. satya-
David