Re: Etymology of Ossetic "Nart"? (the suffix?)

Are there no further thoughts from anyone on the etymology of Ossetic "Nart", either
regarding the function of Pokorny's *-thra suffix or any alternative reconstructions?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Edlund Anderson" <cea@...> wrote:
> However, this still leaves me none the wiser over Pokorny's *-thra- suffix :/ nor why
> Ossetic (sorry for the typo in the original Subject line!) "Nart" might be derived from a
> form like *h2ner-thra- instead of *h2ner-to- (as, say, a nominalized adjective?) or a later
> Iranian nar ("man") with a plural or collective suffix -ta.
>
> Perhaps there's something clever in the phonological development of later Ossetic that
> precludes these alternative possibilities? Any thoughts? Or further possibilities for
> Pokorny's *-thra suffix besides the not wholly certain connection to Sanskrit agentive
> suffix -tra?

Cheers,
Carl