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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:
> So, Pa:rsva < *Pa:rs^uwa- ?
> Indo-Iranian *Pa:rs^wa should > *parspa.
Please reread what I had written:
"According to M. Witzel, Old Persian pa:rsa- `Persian' < *pa:rsva- <
> *pa:rc'ua-. I don't know what is the etymology of this term. I,
however, assume that *pa:rsva- is the Iranian proto-form, and
*pa:rc'ua-, the Indo-Iranian proto-form."
I didn't write "Pa:rsva < *Pa:rs^uwa-" (actually, the first etymon
should be written as *Pa:rsva- because that too is a reconstructed
form). The proposed Indo-Iranian proto-form of pa:rsa- is *pa:rc'ua-,
where /*c'/ denotes a a voiceless unaspirated primary palatal stop,
and /*u/ denotes a glide [*w]. You can transcribe it as *pa:rc'wa- if
you deem it necessary.
It seems very likely that /*u/ was still a glide in Proto-Indo-
Iranian -- see at p. 98 of the PDF document at
http://hin.osaka-gaidai.ac.jp/~masatok/hpiac_2004.pdf
Thanks and best regards,
Francesco