Re: [tied] Jasz word list

> > (I am especially interested in the word for "horse", Bah, as I
> > expected something like Ossetic Jaefs).
>
> But Oss. jæfs/æfsæ < *aspa: < PIr. *acva: means 'mare'. The word

for 'horse'

> is <bæx>!

Thanks, Piotr - you know, right after I sent that post, I stumbled
upon a website that mentioned bæx as being the Ossetic word
for "horse". I wasn't aware, though, that jæfs was
specifically "mare" - I wonder when the Alanic speakers lost the
masculine form of the word? Also, when did PIr. -c'w- became -fs- in
Alanic dialects?



- Chris Gwinn