From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 41650
Date: 2005-10-29
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From: "A." <xthanex@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Sanskrit Rta... and related terms
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> I understand that the original oldest root form is *h2ar-.
> What I am hoping to discover is the newest/most recent PIE term which
> gave rise to both European derivatives as well as the specific Indo-
> Iranian root which later developed into Rta and Asha.
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Patrick:
For whatever it may be worth, I believe this word should properly be
reconstructed as being PIE ?ar-, which contrasts with *har-, 'eagle'. *H2ar-
is doubly wrong. If *H2 will produce *a, then why is it even needed if the
vowel following it was *a?
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