Re: [tied] Re: Timeframe for Alb rd > rdh?

david_russell_watson wrote:

> Ossetic has kard "knife, sword", and kærdyn "cut".
> Pahlavi and N. Persian have kârd "knife". Sanskrit
> has kart- "to cut, cut in pieces, cut off, divide",
> and kartari- "scissors, a knife, or any instrument
> for cutting".

The Lithuanian word is rather obviously a loan from Polish (<kord>
'sword', a very common word a few centuries ago, now used of the small
ceremonial dagger worn by navy and airforce officers). The Polish word
is in turn a loan from Hungarian, and ultimately from Persian.

Piotr