Re: Indo-Iranian 'one' (was: beyond langauges)

> If proto-Iranian is *aiwas and not *aika, then why
> does Persian have yek? (Zomplist has yak, but the
> Persians I've known all said "yek). Were there
> competing forms in proto-iranian?


>The Iranian forms ending in -k, -kV (Middle Persian 'ywky, e_wak,
>Parthian 'ywg, e_wag, Bactrian Iota-Omega-Gamma-Omicron, New Persian
>yak) are from the suffixed Proto-Iranian form *aiua-ka-.

>Best,
>Francesco

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It seems Sanscrit éka is stressed on é.
Uralic Moksha is fkä < weika
this might be related to *aiwaka but the stress must be on the last
syllable.
Is it possible ?

Arnaud

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