Re: Sk. Sarpis- and Oss. Carv

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

>
> As reflexes of PIE *selp- "butter" Germanic, Greek, and
> Sanskrit have, not surprisingly, salb-, elpo-, and sarp-,
> whereas all of the Iranian reflexes, including Khotanese
> tca:rba-, Pahlavi c^arp, Persian c^arb, Sogdian crp, and
> Ossetic carv reflect a proto-indo-iranian *c^arp-.
>
> Are there other examples of this irregular correspondence,
> and what might its explanation be?

For more information consult Richard Strand's Chitrali site.

The important changes for this correspondence are s. > s^ in Iranian
and:

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

> though L > lt before s > s. after K/T.
>
> *paLiso/paLsyo- > *palts.az > *balts. > baltas. 'stone thrown at
someone'
>
>
> and L > t by x()
>
> *meL-x-nos 'dirty' > matum 'black'
>
> *xal-x-mLos 'fruit' > *-bLos > *bal-x-Los > balt 'apple'
>
> (from dim. of *xal-x-mos xl-x-m(e)- 'tree > elm')
>
>
> possibly also:
>
> *gYHeL-xW-nos > *gWHet-x-nwos > *gwets.nyaz > *gats.ny > Gendes.
> 'gold', Skt hiranya-


This allows (if L>Lt>Lt. in Ir):


seLp
seLt.p
saLt.p
t.saLp
t.s.aLp
t.s^aLp
ts^arp


Though in the proto-l L>r probably hadn't occured (borrowings like
Khowar calpàk 'bread fried in walnut oil')


The existence of t.s^ not c^ is confirmed by:

t.s^aLp
r.s^aLp
pr.aLs^

Kam přâšól 'unclarified part of melted butter'


The Kam change t.>r.>ř is also seen in:

Kam kil'âř 'cheese' [PIA kila:t.a- 'thickened milk' T. 3181]

compare:

Khow kil.ál. 'kind of hard cheese' [Skt. kila:t.a- 'condensed milk'
T. 3181]

Ach c^Hoót 'piece of cheese' (Kmv. kil'âabâTa)


And an opposite change of r.>t. (by voiceless stops?) in:

t.s^aLp
t.s^ar.p
t.s^at.p
t.s^a_pt.
t.s^aapt.
cc^aapt.

Ach c^aapat.í 'cheese (whole)'