Re: Order of Some Indo-Iranian Sound Changes

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@>
> wrote:

> > What does :
> > Sequence 1 < 2, 2 < 3, 2 < 4
> > mean ?

> It's partial ordering, not a complete one.

> > Who is first, who is last ?
> And therefore it's not a sequence, so in principle there's no answer
> to your question.

I hope Arnaud's question is simpler than you think. The answer I hopw
Arnaud is looking for is that '<' means 'comes before'. And, just as
it is a partial order, there is a partial answer! Change 1 comes first.

Richard.