Re: etymology of Persian

>There are early references in foreign sources to the
>Parsuwas (according to Assyrian texts, in the area of
>Lake Van) and RV Pars'u-. The Ir. prototype would be
>something like *parc'u-/*pa:rc'wa-, matching the
>Indo-Iranian word for 'rib, side' so well (cf. Skt.
>párs'u-, Av. p&r&su- 'rib', Skt. pa:rs'va- 'side,
>flank', Oss. fars 'side') that the etymology 'border
>people' makes good sense.

Would then Lat. _pars, partis_ "part; side" correspond to
these words?

(As for "rib," there's a curious (incidental?) similarity
in Hungarian _borda_ /'bor-dO/ "rib".)

>Piotr

George