Re: Order of Some Indo-Iranian Sound Changes

At 10:35:50 AM on Sunday, April 20, 2008, 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.

But in this case there is: (1) is first, followed by (2),
which is followed by (3) and (4) in an indeterminate order.
Thus, (1) is first, and (3) and (4) are last, no claim being
made about the relative dating of (3) and (4).

Brian