Re: Arrows (was: On the ordering of some PIE rules)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham" <richard@...>
wrote:

>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@>
> wrote:
> > By the way,
> >
> > Sarmatians : saru-math "archer"
> > Cf. Mongolian z^oruGa "arrow"
> > Tungus-mandchu *sori "to throw arrows"
>
> But is it a loan from Indo-Iranian?

Cf. OIr. *xshathryaka- > Sodg. *xshathrik > Mong. tsereg "soldier",
"army" (Abaev).